The past few days with KiKI have been difficult. Since her first outbursts on Sunday, she continues to be volatile in the presence of other dogs, Leica being the singular exception thankfully. A visit to Martha’s sister and her dog Barney seemed to start well, but quickly descended into a scrap. Neither dog was injured but the experience was a sobering one. Barney is a young Lab and still a bit nuts, so maybe we can be forgiven for not holding KiKi entirely at fault.  In their youth Flash and Leica would knock each other around a bit too, neither ever coming to any harm or losing their temper and perhaps KiKi’s behaviour on Sunday has coloured our perception of what is really going on. KiKi is due to go the the vet tomorrow to have her stitches removed. We are anxious about how she might behave in a waiting room with other animals.