Friday, January 9, 2009

The Magic of Sassy

We have never doubted the effectiveness of Sassy's presence in our home, but today, she took her status in our house up several notches!

For the past few weeks, we have been waiting for Jack's bottom baby teeth to fall out. He has 2 bottom teeth fused together and his adult tooth had already begun growing in behind them. The dentist said that it was fine, it would eventually push the baby teeth out, so we waited and waited and waited... Jack would not let us wiggle it much or touch the teeth for that matter, so we just continued to wait...

This morning when Mike was brushing Jack's teeth, it began to bleed profusely. We had to wrestle Jack to the floor as he was freaking out about his tooth and the sight of blood coming out of his mouth. The tooth was hanging by a thread and was ready to come out. Jack wanted nothing to do with this whole process and was in a full screetch. Not wanting him to swallow it, we held him down and I literally just touched the tooth and out it came!
During all this comotion, Sassy was sniffing Jack and wondering what was happening to her boy. Jack continued to flail about, scream and cry. He did not accept any coddling so we just let him lay on the floor and continue "work it out". While Mike and I were examining the tooth, Jack suddenly stopped crying. We looked down and there was Sassy laying next to Jack on the floor and Jack was petting her. Sassy worked her magic and laid down next to Jack and calmed him down in a matter of seconds. Amazing. Truly amazing.

3 comments:

c r a f t r a b b i t said...

Sassy you are the best dog EVER!

Carolyn said...

This is a brilliant story. I'm going to forward your post to a woman I know who is trying to get a service dog for her daughter to use as a calming force in times of tantrum. Well done Sassy (and to you for training her tirelessly!)

Michelle O'Neil said...

Beautiful! (Thank you to Carolyn for forwarding this to me).

I am hoping the dog we receive will have the same effect on our Riley.