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California

February 1994

 


  

We were so excited to adopt Toby, a Dalmatian mix stray that my co-worker Bobbi had found in her neighborhood. But just a few weeks after he joined our home, he snapped at Lisa and bit off the tip of her nose.

After several hours at the emergency room, Joe called the humane society to come get Toby. It was the middle of the night, and the city said they would call back the next day to make arrangements. But when Joe said he was going to shoot the dog, they came our right away. 

A few days later, Lisa had surgery to reconstruct the tip with skin from behind her ear. And the healing began.

It was an traumatic episode, but our little girl was such a trooper. And to show her how much we love her, we went to Disneyland a few days later.