crazy dog

I'm standing in my kitchen cooking with Elizabeth in her swing when I hear what sounds like every dog in our neighborhood barking. The boys are running around the yard playing with a neighbor, a 5 year old girl. I thought it odd that so many dogs were barking; so I get Elizabeth and step out into our garage, when Eli comes running to me, "Cameron was attacked by a dog." I take off running to the side yard where I know 'that' dog lives. The girl's parents were already there holding her with this dog running wild around the side yard barking at everyone and the parents are screaming at the neighbor. It seems the neighbor (a college girl) can't get her dog to back down. I hear "I'll shoot your dog if you don't get it..." and then the next thing I know this wild dog comes running at me, while I'm holding Elizabeth. It was one of those experiences where you think _ _ _ _ I'm about to be attacked! I screamed at the top of my lungs and as the dog ran up to me barking and jumping I kicked at it's face. Then I turned and held Elizabeth tight and yelled at my boys to run in the house. I guess the dog backed down b/c I made it into the house without being attacked. I tried so hard not to break down and start sobbing in front of the boys. Of course they were watching me and asking if I was okay. I pulled it together and everyone calmed down. Eli told me what happened. "We were playing hide and go seek, running around the fence when the dog took after us but we got by it then Cameron ran by the fence and the dog ran up and jumped on her and bit her bottom. It dragged her holding onto her bottom. Cameron's dad made it over and got her away from the dog. Then the neighbor came out and tried to pull the dog back when it's collar broke and the dog went wild running around" OH MY GOODNESS@@@@@. When I worked my nerve back up and went outside to check it all out, the dog was gone and our police neighbor was there. Cameron had gotten bit on the leg, bottom and hand. They took her to the doctor and she is okay but pretty freaked out. She's getting a tetna shot today. The crazy thing is this....the neighbor girl never came over to apologize to either me or our neighbors across the street (Cameron's parents). The mom even went to her house last night to talk with the girl and she wouldn't answer the door. This morning she stopped her outside and the girl said it wasn't her dogs fault b/c the kids were on her property. Well, that wasn't true and can be easily proven since the dog's leash stretches all the way to my house's windows (I have seen the dog ON my house barking through Ian's window still on his leash). Now we wait for the animal control to come today. They are suppose to take the dog away for 10 days to watch it; so we have been told. I sure hope they take the dog away forever. I guess we will have to get mean if they don't and let our dear dog loving (no offense to all you dog lovers) neighbors know they must keep the dog on a very short leash or not outside at all.
To conclude this post..."if only it was still the wild west, I would just take Nate's gun and go shoot the dog myself."