The other night I had decided to go for a walk while talking with a friend on the phone. This is actually a common practice these days as I live with 5 other people...walks are the best way to find privacy, but that is beside the point. As I was walking back to my apartment, while still talking on the phone, I passed a woman with a very small dog. He was small and black and snarling. Now most people who cross a dog who is verbally annoyed will continue past that dog. But I was curious. I stopped to ask the owner..."is he always like this". Her response was "no he just growls inappropriately". So I thought...well maybe he isn't an angry dog. He came up to me, still slightly agitated but calming as time passed, and put his little front paws on the front of my legs. I leaned down and started petting this small furry creature that had decided to invade my space. As I was talking to him he once again became agitated and jumped up trying to bite my hand. Luckily he didn't catch the skin but did catch my thumb and I walked away unscathed with the woman yelling at her dog in the background and me chuckling to myself.
The next encounter that I had was with a neighbor of mine. A very nice gentleman who was standing on his front porch and who had witnessed the whole thing. I stopped and chatted with him briefly asking if that dog was always like that. He said that usually the dog was growling at him but tonight decided to be nice. I guess I must have been on the blacklist that night.
Although the next two cats that I ran into were quite pleasant. One attempted to follow me home. The second decided to lay himself in my path demanding attention- how could I resist?
All in all it was a very eventful evening.
Mind you I was on the phone the whole time....I was being quite rude to my friend. I hope I am forgiven.
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