We take our favorite walking path a lot less often since Bulldozer Man drove through the park with his workers and heavy equipment. That path is now a road so we’ve been heading out in new directions and running into some interesting animals. We came across this alligator log this morning.
And a few weeks back we came head to head with a dog on a path in Durand. The dog wasn’t backing down and Peggi was about to turn around and go back. It kept coming toward us, growling and barking. I figured an owner was probably nearby so I yelled out, “Call your dog”. Nobody did but the dog turned and left us alone. A little further down the path we ran into the owner with the dog now on a leash. The owner said, “Don’t worry. This dog won’t bite you”. And then he let the dog come toward us while still on the leash and he told us to look into the dogs eyes. He said, “You can tell if a dog is going to hurt you by looking into their eyes.” Please.
Today we had confrontation with Jagger who lives near the park. He and his owners were outside and just like before the dog came running toward us. The owners call, “Jagger, Jagger” but Jagger keeps coming toward us. We hold our hands in the air because we have seen what dogs’ teeth can do to your hands and we wait for the owner to grab ahold of the dog. Then they say, “Don’t worry. He won’t hurt you”. But today they upped the ante and said, “he doesn’t do this to everybody”. He’s really very friendly. I said “OK. It’s our fault.”
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