Came home to a disheartening story today. I don't mean to bring anybody down on Christmas Eve, but there's a lesson involved, and I'm a firm believer in spreading lessons quickly so they don't have to be learned again.
Basically, a dear friend of the family went to visit his parents today. His parents have a small dog and were letting it play in the fenced-in yard while they were out getting some last minute groceries. My friend saw that they were gone, and left to go do something else and come back later. When doing so, he inadvertently failed to shut the gate properly, and a pitbull down the road was able to gain entry and maul the poor thing to death. The police had to get involved and it's turned into a big mess.
My friend is absolutely beside himself with grief, as he loved the little dog like a sibling, and his parents thought of it as a child. It doesn't help that all of this is taking place on Christmas Eve.
So please, when you go to someone else's home, be responsible enough to take one freakin' moment and consider what you're doing, and the consequences of not being thorough. Yes, it might just actually save a life.
