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October 17, 2005
The Old Man and the Dog
Yesterday I was giving Emma a ride on my motorcycle. We were going through the alley to get to the main street when a huge rottweiler lunged at us from out of one of the yards we passed. The yard had no back gate and we could easily see the huge dog chest as it ran and jumped through the air at us, monsterous paws out in front of it.
The dog growled and barked as it flew at us. Until the steel chain the owner used as a leash pulled taut and stopped the dog's momentum only a few feet from us.
"Did you see that?" Emma asked.
"How could I miss it?"
"Wow. That was scary."
It could have been worse I thought. It could have been out there without a leash, or it could have broken it's leash. But we were safe.
This morning driving through the alley the situation was different.
First, we were in my truck.
Second, the dog wasn't attacking us.
Third the dog was either outside without a leash or it had already snapped its leash. It was out in the alley growling and barking at an old man trying to get across the alley.
At first I thought the dog belonged to the old man, but after seeing the fright in his eyes I realized the dog wasn't his.
I stopped in the alley as the old man's fight or flight response kicked in and he ran back into his car.
The dog was apparently satisfied with simply scaring him shitless and suntered back to the tiny little concrete pad it used as a launching pad for its attacks.
With them out of my way I drove past.
The old man saw me passing and something must have clicked inside of him. He sprang from his car using my truck as a pick and darted across the alley much quicker than ever seen a retiree move at 8am.
His destination?
The corner bar.
Posted by calculatoronfire at October 17, 2005 01:37 PM
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