Protective too, the little Changelings. Joggers and bikers who use the sidewalks for exercise, instead of for walking like the rest of us, get exactly what they should expect when they sneak up behind us at full trot. (Get it? SideWALKS... not SideRUNS or SideBICYCLES.)
We nearly sent a runner to the hospital this morning. These days, with high-tech running shoes in stealth mode, it's impossible to hear a runner coming up behind you. The dogs don't even hear them. But suddenly, Skoshi stops in mid-pee, now at full-on attack on the aggressor who materialized at my side... out of nowhere and running at full trot.
With two leashes and spread out across the walkway, we managed to capture an ankle and send the jogger flying, luckily into the grass and not the pavement.
Please explain to me why he was angry at US? He could have seriously injured my dogs!
People... please pass this on to all your running and biking friends... and tell them to use the jogging trails, use the bike lanes, and stay off the sidewalks. We have nowhere else to walk our animals in the city and suburbs. And you should know by now that it's not smart to surprise a dog, under any situation. When you see dogs ahead, GO AROUND THEM!!! Cut them some slack, runners! And bikers, stay the heck off the sidewalks!
