October 21, 2005

Protector

I wanted a dog for a couple of reasons.

One was for the company. It gets really lonely sometimes, and let's face it. NO ONE is happier to see you at the end of a day than your dog.

But, living alone I also wanted some protection. Something between me and any "issues" that might develop.

Enter Cody. Well, he is friendly. (NO humpin' comments - stop!!) He is always happy to see me when I come home. (No, seriously - shush!)

We've been walking at night. I live in a small town, pretty safe. We've been exploring. The other night I went to an area I hadn't been before. Damn - who knew we had bars in town!! I had no idea!! We're walking through "downtown" and hit a darkened residential area. The only lights were the Halloween decorations so it was kinda cool. As we approach a corner, out of no where steps this guy. (OK - he was blocked by the tree and we couldn't see him, but it seemed like out of no where.) He was dressed completely in Camo and didn't made a sound as he walked. Cody never heard him coming - I had no clue.

Both Cody and I jumped. I slipped my hand into my pocket and grasped my metal flashlight - just in case.

My fearless dog? My protector? Yeah - he jumped up on me trying to get me to pick him up. 38 lbs of scaredy dog.

Oh well - it was a good workout carryin' him the 2 blocks home.

Posted by Tammi at October 21, 2005 05:53 AM
Comments

a guy walking around stealth in camo? odd and I would have needed you to carry mr homr to. Maybe you need to get the poor little guy a body guard.....

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at October 21, 2005 06:39 AM

LOL! But it is bow hunting season where they go in stealth camo and the guys come home after dark.

Posted by: oddybobo at October 21, 2005 07:01 AM

That was too funny...and not! Weird with some dude like that. Reminds of the time the Wife and I were walking our fairly new pit/lab mix pup who was about 10 months old on the Appalachian Trail. We were letting him run loose, and a squirrel popped out and began an angry chatter and that damn giant fierce LOOKING dog ran right in back of pregnant Alli!

Posted by: waltoncad at October 21, 2005 09:44 AM

You haven't had a real work-out until 120 pounds of fraidy-dog jumps up on you! Ridiculous huge monster dog Jake!

Posted by: TNT at October 21, 2005 10:23 AM

You could always just throw Cody at an attacker...

Posted by: Ogre at October 21, 2005 11:24 AM

That's a hoot! Maybe it was a ghost hunter? oooh...spooky cool!

Posted by: Sarah at October 21, 2005 11:45 AM

You REALLY have to tell T1G not to scare you like that :-)

Posted by: Harvey at October 21, 2005 08:00 PM

LOL Harvey! Tammi, if you want to use him for protection, you need to get the dobie-o-matic launcher...

Posted by: Laughing Wolf at October 22, 2005 05:46 AM

Maggie is our little fierce puppy. Any intruders will have their knees ripped off.

Lance, well he will pee himself and run and hide behind the couch.

Posted by: Machelle at October 22, 2005 06:44 PM