Haven't figured out what to think of this yet ...
I let the dogs out in the backyard by themselves for a short amount of time while I was picking up the house. (They wanted out). About 5 minutes later I hear ay yi yi yi-ing and Eko is running back to the house. At first I didn't think too much of it, but he was acting very upset and I realized his ear is nicked. :( It's a good size nick, too. In the past Sasha has grabbed an ear when he's been an utter pest, but never left any marks or broke the skin.
Shortly before they went out we were playing and he was excited and whatnot. He pesters her a lot to play, and 98% of the time she ignores him. But he's as tall or taller than her now, and 4 months old. My first instinct is to be upset that she broke the skin. That isn't ok with me. But gah, it is totally possible he was obnoxious as heck and didn't listen to her warnings. Sasha always warns before an air snap or a real snap. I still don't like that she broke the skin. It seems excessively harsh. Am I right or overeacting?
In many ways it doesn't matter, because I'm not going to let them be unsupervised for a while.