WAY^3 OT: what would you do?

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

Fling the poop, the dog, and the owner.....ok, just the poop and the owner, the owner is the customer and the poop is just desert.
 
Sorry, had to say it. I'm a pet lover. Ok, VR6 too. 

Mark <mardak@cogeco.ca> wrote:
Jeff Toomasson wrote:

> First - sorry about the multiple posts; my PC went berserk for a second
> there...
> 
> But what would you do if your dog decided to relieve herself on someone's
> lawn while the person who owns that lawn is standing right there?


This has actually happened to me once. Just as I was nodding a friendly 
hello to a guy washing his car in his driveway, Yaro (my white German 
Shepherd) decided this was a prime spot to drop a fresh loaf. I didn't 
notice until the leash went tight and I looked back and she was in full 
squat, back legs quivering. Feeling a bit awkward I started pulling on 
the lead and coaxed her sharply to "C'mon" to avoid an embarrassing 
situation.

At first she cocked her head and looked at me with confusion as if to 
say "...this doesn't sound like praise, what am I doing wrong?..." Now 
that I had the full attention of both my dog AND the guy who owned the 
(perfectly manicured) lawn I could feel my face getting red. Yaro 
starts edging forward, and I begin to feel relieved that she's aborting 
her mission, as I start pulling on her lead to get the hell out of 
there. Still looking confused, she starts to walk all stupid-like and 
starts dropping little cluster bombs, about one per foot for the full 
length of the 'extendo-retractile-leash-dealy', and to make matters 
worse finishes it off with a nice long 'drop and drag' - probably the 
longest one I've ever seen her do... :)

So now I survey the damage - instead of a single pile of 
'unmentionables' I now have an entire trail to pick up. I look over, 
and the guy is standing there looking at me - no longer with a smile on 
his face. I look over to my dog, who has now wandered off to take a 
leak right in the middle of the lawn. After mumbling "sorry", and some 
other nondiscernable apologies I quickly hightailed it out of there 
after removing what I could...

One of the most embarrassing situations I've been in, but I can laugh 
about it now... :)

Normally I can set my clock on her routine, but sometimes a dog's just 
gotta go I guess... Now this guy obviously hasn't trained his dog to go 
in a particular place, so I think you have every right to ask him to not 
let his dog go on your lawn. If he refuses, fling poo at him next time 
it happens - that'll teach him. :)

Later,

Mark.
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