Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

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I just walked Leeta, and on the way up the elevator to the 27th floor there was a little French boy and his mother. The boy was really fearful (please, no jokes about cheese eating surrender monkeys), and didn't understand that Leeta was shaking wildly and quivering because she loves kids. He clutched his mother's leg the whole ride up, but to get off he had to walk past Leeta.

As he stepped in front of her she lunged forward (thinking she'd finally get to play with him). I was holding her, so her collar didn't move more than an inch, but the child must have thought she was flying at him. He leaped backwards and smashed his head full force off the side of the elevator — if he'd been facing the other way it would have been enough force to break his nose.

Anyway, I think he's OK, but it sort of sucks because that's the sort of thing that would result in a death sentence if the authorities were called… Seeing as this is a dog-friendly building, my feeling is that if you have a little kid (3 or 4 year old is my guess) that's not comfortable around animals you should probably carry them in this sort of situation, or at least hold their hand…

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