Beth just called and Molly has been hit by an ambulance. I’m feeling kind of sick. Sounds like she was more bounced than broken, but the veterinarian is looking at her now. Some stitches… x-rays. I’ll know more when Beth does.

I never punish a dog physically, but I have one exception. In order to train a pup to stay out of the road, I take her to the road and spank her and say “no!” and “stay off the road,” and I show her the pavement and I spank her some more, and hope the lesson sticks. Molly has been straying and just before I left we laughed about it a little and said it was time for more road beatings. It seems she has received one.