
This a picture of me and the canine love-of-my life~Buster. It was taken around 2 years ago, but he looks the same
He's 5 and a half years old now ....weighs about 15 pounds soaking wet.
He and his older brother~ Andy~ are
nev-er out of our fenced back yard unless they are on a leash.
We do this for their protection and because....
wait for it.......
it's the law!!!
So this evening, Mr. Buster and I are out for a walk. He's on his leash, of course. We're walking along, being law-abiding citizens ....enjoying an extremely pleasant day~weather-wise~here in hell.
And who should come bounding down his front lawn towards us but a dog who looked just like this one.

A beautiful yellow lab.
Not on a leash.
His owner is standing way up on her front porch watching the action unfold....saying nothing,
not trying to call her dog back.....just standing there watching.....
Buster and I stop. I retract his leash to make him stand right next to me. I say "NO" loudly and sternly to the lab.
He keeps coming. His owner continues to stand in her same spot and watch. Buster and I are in the middle of the street and this dog is all over Buster.
I'm trying to pick Buster up by his red harness the entire time...while trying to keep myself between the lab and Buster...all the while saying loudly, "
Please come get your dog!!!!" to the owner who continues to stand on her porch!
Now I know some of y'all are probably thinking that I should have just let the dogs sniff each other....but I've heard and read so many horror stories where unleashed dogs attacked other dogs, etc. I was trying to protect Buster because this lab was at least 5 times his size and I didn't know what he might do. Or how Buster might react.
As I'm turning circles in the middle of the road..... twirling Buster around by his harness like some kind of demented circus act.....trying to pick him up and keep the Lab from snacking on him at the same time....the Lab's owner makes her way down her lawn.
She says,
"Oh, I'm sorry. My leg is just out of a cast. I can't move too fast. Don't mind 'Bruiser'....he wouldn't hurt a thing~he's just a big baby".
The Lab's owner is looking at me like I'm nuts.
Like
I'm the one who's done something wrong....
Put your dog on a
leash, Lab lady!!!!