If I knew how to link to a previous post, I would link you to the one about my neighbor's dog...I will put that one on my list for when Rachel and I are together....which, by the way MUST be approaching that three month point because I get emotional these days when I think about her. That' s usually my sign that I need a visit, a hug and some laughs together in person. Then I'm good for about another 3 months. We have a visit planned for May, but I may not make it.
Thank goodness for emails, texting and all - I wouldn't make it!
Last night I had a terrible experience with the neighbor's dog...the ugly German Shepherd. It reminded me of how much I would love living in the country without neighbors on top of each other. Especially neighbors who do not follow the city ordinance about a LEASH LAW or who think their huge German Shepherd cannot escape their 3 foot fence!!!
What a traumatic experience it was for Koko and I - no joke! If I had a weak heart, I would not be here this morning, at this awful hour when I'm supposed to be disciplined and working on paperwork to turn in later at staffing. I would truly have had a heart attack and be dead. My heart raced for an hour after I made it back into the house.
It was about 7pm and I was in my pajamas, of course, and was taking Koko out to do her business before American Idol came on. (yes, I DO have my priorities--thus the need to work on paperwork this morning!)
I put her leash on her because if we didn't she would be off and running down the road for a while. It was pitch black outside. I turned on the porch light, and we walked outside. Just as we had made it to the sidewalk, Moxie (the neighbor's German Shepherd) came charging at us barking and trying to attack Koko. Of course, Koko.....aka I think I was a German Shepherd in another life....charged back as much as the leash would allow and it took all I had to yank her back into the house without being eaten alive! Koko is so old it is hard now to get her to cooperate about anything!!!
I heard Moxie's owner saying something, but I was busy yelling some profanity in the middle of "can't you use a leash like everyone else?" They have bragged how they never have to use one with their dog.
After I calmed down a bit, I called and told them how upsetting the experience was to me.....I wanted to call and make a report to the police, but Steve thought that was not necessary....and I asked if it would be okay now for us to take our dog out in our own yard. What I didn't understand about these people is, WHY WEREN'T THEY AT MY DOOR APOLOGIZING???
I used to pray for God to please just get me off of the farm.....sometimes we need to be careful what we pray for because today I would give a million bucks to be out in a house with several acres between me and that dog. God may have put me so far from there that I may never know privacy again. But we will definitely know a house away from that dog...how sad that inconsiderate pet owners can make where you live so miserable. At least I didn't have a heart attack!
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