Adult in Training

Dear Owner of the Black and Tan Small Horse Masquerading as a Dog,

Today for the second time in a week your “dog” has chased me down and snarled at me while I was walking my dog on the PUBLIC street.  My dog and I did nothing to provoke either instance, and both times were not only accosted in the (still) PUBLIC street, but then followed by your menace almost back to our driveway.  Just because my dog is stupid enough to think that your dog, who was bearing it’s teeth at us with it’s hackles raised, wanted to be her friend does not mean that I thought the same. 

There is absolutely no reason why I should have to fear walking down the street, because it is PUBLIC.  I could understand if my dog and I were traipsing around on your private property, but we weren’t. We weren’t even on your side of the road.  And there is still the fact that even after we had retreated from your property (which, again, we were never actually on) your dog continued to follow us, snarling every time I turned around to check if it was still there.

If this happens one more time, I will have my brother send me a taser, which I will be more than happy to use on your dog.  And please do not for one minute think that I am kidding.  We grew up in a bad neighbourhood, my brother knows people.  I just hope,  for your dog’s sake, that it loses interest in me and my dog.

Sincerely,

The Angry Bitch Down the Street

Today I took Avi for a walk again.  I wanted it to be a short walk, so I tried to go up our street.  Except we ran into the enormous, angry dog again.  This time it got to within two feet of me, growling the entire time.  I tried to yell at it, and that worked for a little while.  Stupid Avi though, thought the dog wanted to play with us, and kept trying to break away from me and do the whole meet and greet thing.  Uselesss.  And all I could think about while it was happening was: If I was walking Lassie, at least if this dog attacked me, Lassie would run for help.  Avi would run until she got tired, and then go home for a nap.