So. We’re walking along the trail early
Sunday morning. It was Frodo and me and
our human. Paxton was going for the next walk.
It was peaceful. It was
quiet. All of a sudden, our human looked
ahead on the trail and could see two ATVs coming our way. She could also see a
DOG running along the side of one of the ATVs. A Rottweiler. Our human pulled us off the trail and stepped
into the woods so we could let the ATVs by.
WE didn’t see the DOG until he/she was running right past us. As I said, our human HAD seen the dog – one
of the advantages of being taller than us.
Anyway, our human held onto us for dear
life. The DOG saw us but continued to
run right past us and didn’t give us a second look. US? We
burst into a cacophony of barking and set the mud around us flying. It was like two Tasmanian Devils at the end
of the leashes. There was barking. There
was growling. There was howling. The other DOG? Never even glanced back. And never made a
peep.
Our human waited until they were well past
us before she stepped back on the trail, with arms that were an inch longer
from us pulling. Frodo was still grumbling and I just shook
myself off – I actually didn’t REALLY know what had happened. I just followed Frodo’s lead.
The rest of our walk was uneventful. Kinda boring.
Paxton’s walk was good – until he spotted a
neighbor walking down the road. He and
my human were ahead of the neighbor and Paxton kept looking backward. It’s one of those odd moments where our human
KNOWS she should stop to chat – but she also knows that this particular
neighbor is not REALLY a dog person. So
she’s thinking: “Stop? Don’t stop? Stop? Don’t stop?”
She HAD waved and shouted hello – but was it rude not to chat? So she stopped and held Bucket Head by the
collar. The problem with Pax is that he
LOVES everyone. He thinks EVERYONE
should pet him. But not EVERYONE feels
the same way. The neighbor stood about
15 feet away. Who could blame him? He commented:
“What kind of a dog is HE? I bet he’s strong.” Good observation. Long story short, my human was able to
converse about SOMETHING for a minute – she doesn’t remember what it was
because she was so busy holding Paxton in a death grip.
Just another ordinary start to the
day. For some reason, our human went
back to bed and pulled the covers over her head when all the walks were
over. Not us. We were just getting started! And tomorrow,
I’ll tell you what I er, Frodo did later in the day…
©
2014 Linda Wozniak
Well, Vicktor, you are just going to learn to keep quiet when you are out walking with your human because all that barking and growling could get you in a lot of trouble some day. You have a good human so you should be good too.
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