This did happen today on a sunny Sunday, something that you do not get often in the rainy state of Oregon. A day when you're like, "Hell, I should be doing things in my garden." So that's what I did.
I own an extremely intimidating Goldendoodle (yes that's a dog breed and not some cute baby talk). He's used to getting out a lot. Recently, he's been cooped up inside due to weather. Today was a perfect day for him to escape the indoors. I have a nice backyard where he can run around and terrorize my neighbors through a fence, but unfortunately he has gotten into the habit of eating the long grass that grows back there, hacking it up once inside, making an inexcusable mess, and acting miserable after the fact. So, being the genius that I am, I decide that he can stay in the front yard garden with me. I'll tie him up to my fence and watch him from a distance. In fact, I'll even extend his leash with a bungee cord so that he has some elastic resistance instead of the sharp halt of a leash. Feeling like St. Francis, I tie my dog to the fence and tell him to chill. He wags his curly tail and rolls in the short grass. I go back to planting rad sunflowers.
An hour later an he's just basking in the sun. I've planted at least ten sunflowers. Feeling proud of myself, I get ready to retire for the day. Then I hear my dog bark. He sees a full grown man on a skateboard riding down the street with his beefy boxer dog. A second later the bungee cord snaps from the fence. Before I can thank my dog for letting me know about my faulty bungee cords, he has darted off after this dog-man-skateboard action trying to join in on the fun. I know how scary an unleashed dog can be for some people (no matter how friendly looking) and so I run as fast I can to snatch him up. I can't see him through the hedges as I'm running over but I hear skateboard man roar as he loses his balance. When I make it into visible range, skateboard man seems fine, his dog fine, and my mutt is barking at him and sniffing his dog. I rush over to apologize and grab my dog. I didn't expect the guy to be as upset as he looked when I grabbed my dog. He was cursing, waving his arms at me, doing an alpha-male dance. Before I can tell him what happened he looks at me, red-faced, and barks, "MY DOG WILL FUCKING KILL YOUR DOG, OKAY? I'LL FUCKING KILL YOUR DOG!" My heart drops a bit in my chest. I feel like I just got kicked in the stomach. I grab my dog, no longer fearing for this strangers safety. I tell him, "He just got loose. I'm so sorry. This wont happen again." The guy huffs, and he attempts to get back on his skateboard. I'm pulling my dog away, trying to put a leash on him, and then he wriggles out of the leash. SHIT. He runs right back to the skateboarder and his dog. I'm forced to grab him by his collar and drag him away before this guy follows through with his threat. I'm thinking about whether my dog did something aggressive that caused him to react that way. I know that he was probably scared, owning that large dog for protection reasons, able to kill my Goldendoodle. I also know that saying that your dog will kill my dog is a really shitty thing to say. So, now I have another enemy.
TL;DR - My fluff-ball almost got in a dog fight due to my genius engineering skills. I'm forced to question what kind of shitty people I live near. Also, I avoid certain death bungee jumping due to faulty cords.
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