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Friday, May 1, 2020

NO GOOD DEED....

SO, I WAS COMING TO THE END OF MY DAILY CONSTITUTION (I TRY TO DO AROUND 10,000 STEPS SINCE I'M OTHERWISE DOING ABOUT 17 AROUND THE HOUSE) WHEN I SPOTTED A DOG ON A LAWN. WHEN I CAUGHT UP TO THIS SCARY-LOOKING PITTBULL-ish LOOKING CREATURE, I THOUGHT HE WAS OWNED BY THE HOUSE WHERE I FOUND HIM SNIFFING AROUND. THE OWNER OF THIS HOUSE CAME OUT & TOLD ME FIRMLY THAT NO, THIS WAS NOT HIS DOG AND NO, HE DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF IT AT ALL.


SO, I WAS ON MY OWN. I BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE DOG AND ENDED 
UP ON ANOTHER NEIGHBOR'S LAWN. THEY OFFERED ME A LEASH, 
WHICH I ACCEPTED. I CALLED UPON MY BRAVERY & MANAGED TO GET 
THE LEASH AROUND THE MONSTER'S NECK.

 LET ME REMIND YOU, THIS LOST DOG IS NOT A SWEET, ADORABLE CORGI.


AT THIS POINT, THE MONSTER IS PULLING & PULLING 
AND PULLING WHILE I TRY TO CALL THE POLICE. 

SIRI WAS UTTERLY USELESS, BRINGING UP ALL 
SORTS OF USELESS INFORMATION. 
FUCK SIRI.

THE POLICE I FINALLY CONTACTED WAS ALSO USELESS. ANIMAL CONTROL WAS CLOSED. I GOT HOME AND PUT THE DOG IN MY BACKYARD. I GAVE THE DOG A BOWL OF FOOD & WATER (WHICH HE IGNORED). WHAT HE DID DO IS BARK. NON STOP.

IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE TO ATTEMPT TO FIND SOME HELP WITH THE AUTHORITIES. I MANAGED TO SPEAK TO SOME REAL POLICE & THEY SAID THEY'D SEND A CAR OVER. 30 MINUTES LATER, WE WALKED OUTSIDE TO MEET THE COPS. TO MY SURPRISE, THERE WAS THE DOG MONSTER STANDING OUTSIDE THE FENCE. ONCE THE MONSTER WAS IN THE SQUAD CAR & GONE, I WALKED OVER TO SEE HOW THE MONSTER HAD GOTTEN OUT. 
THE MONSTER HAD CHEWED THE CORNER OFF THE GATE.



I GUESS I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT'S GONNA 
HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME I SEE A STRAY DOG.






9 comments:

  1. Oh!!!! I see now it was an actual dog, and not a metaphor for a man.

    Yes, I assume your corgi's weren't have any of this.

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    1. When I walked by the scene of the "crime" today, I had a bad case of PTSD.

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  2. Oh, but look at his face! He's such a good boy. Who's a good boy, then?

    ...

    Sorry. Got carried away.

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    1. Here's one of the parts of the saga I left out.

      As he barked non-stop in my yard (and it was 9-10:00pm and neighbors certainly couldn't have been enjoying the noise) I thought, Maybe he's a crate dog & would crawl in & relax? So, I went & got a crate. I opened the yet to be mangled gate & he greeted me as his lover. As I tried to set the crate up, he decided to play(?) He kept jumping on my back & it was not as funny as he thought it was. I'd scream at him & he'd jump harder.

      So, not is much the good boy.

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  3. I'm glad he didn't use you as a chew toy.

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  4. I hope yesterday was a happy birthday, Norma?!

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  5. UPDATE: Went to Animal Control & found out that dog was never claimed. A woman volunteered to rescue the dog and when she came to get it, the dog bit her, on the face. Officer said it was awful. The day I found this out was the day the dog was euthanized.

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