Really, who names a dog Christie ?

Have you ever had an experience that at the time it was traumatic but after you survived it and look back on you find it pretty funny. Well I had one of those experiences when I was only five years old.

It is one of my earliest memories that I have.

My friend and I were riding our Big Wheels back and forth across the street ( This was back in those days when you could ride your bikes in the neighbor hood).. Did I just say back in the day?? Wow I am getting old..) OK back to the story. My friend lived across the street and we loved to start in each others driveway and race back and forth.

One day I was in her driveway and she was in mine and we were getting ready to race. She yelled out to me, probably saying something like, let;s go Christie or come on Christie, I can;t remember exactly, i was only 5 after all. Anyways, when I heard my name I started peddling as fast as I could. It was a race after all. Well just when I started picking up speed, I heard a strange sounds behind me. It sounded something like clicking and panting. Before I could turn around to see where the sound was coming from I felt something pounce on me and then I felt the pain. My friends dog, a German Shepherd, had broken his chain and came right for me. She bit me in my shoulder. The rest i don't really remember, just bits and pieces, like voices calling out to the dog, someone grabbing the dog, crying( that may have been me).

I remember my friends mom carrying me to my house, i remember the look of panic on my moms face, I remember laying in the backseat of the car on the way to the hospital. I don't really remember being at the hospital. But I do know from what my parents told me that I only needed a few stitches. I can only imagine how scary that day was for me, but what I remember most was what happened after. My friends parents were so sweet to me. They brought me a puppet and little gifts, the dog was tested for rabies and I had a cool story to tell and scar to show off. I mean alot of people have been bitten by a dog, but how many can say they have been bitten by a dog that had the same name as them. That;s right, the dog that bit me that day was named Christie, really Who names a dog Christie?