07/11/2023
Curb Your Dog…AND your Temper!
I have been taking my older dog Abby (12 year old Malti Poo) to places farther afield of late in our daily walks. One reason was that I had an ‘encounter’ with an anal-retentive neighbor over the dog pooping in his yard…In my defense, I knew the guy was a paranoid and she had never gone in his particular yard in the past. Of course, it’s never ok to just let your dog go in someone’s yard-day after day-but the dog usually doesn’t go on her walks at all-, just sniffs and squats-and I let her go in these woodsy copses that are close to our home after letting her try for our own yard….I know-Curb your dog! I had big dogs, went to dog parks for years with bags…But the point is- The guy creeped me out with his Bobby Jindal-like smirky smile as he walked to me and just said in a controlled voice, “I would appreciate if if you would bring a BAG…! (The guy had probably laid in wait for me for a year or more to say this!) Sadly, before this, I thought he was kind of cool- he had a Tesla- but this just creeped me out royal. I didn’t know she was going to go then, and even had thought about using a wood chip to just push the teaspoon-size turd out of his yard! He supplied the bag, I scooped it up and decided that we were going to re-think our route from now on- 12 years going down that street was enough!
The point here is this: I am loving the thought of finding new areas to walk her in the neighborhood, she loves the change of pace- and bag or no bag wherever we go-I am feeling more relaxed -as a walk is supposed to be- without the thought of “Mr Creepers’ peering out and just lurking in wait for me to walk by with or without a BAG!!!!! NOTE: **Will carry a bag in the car from now on to avoid more cases of Creeper Peepers…..:)
