Hound dawg and I are jogging the greenway past the house where lives ZAK. Rude and obnoxious , he charges the backyard fence growling and barking like he would like to duke-it-out. Why should today be unlike any other day and we ignore the beast except there is a twist! My ear tells me that the barking is getting louder and louder and surprise — he’s on the wrong side of the wall! Here he comes with barred teeth. We slow to a walk (to continue running away would telegraph weakness and only encourage) in fact we nearly stop and a few harsh commands (like BACKOFF and GIT!) flatten his resolve. G O H O M E!
Well done, cs! What was hound dawg’s response to the confrontation?
Hound dawg was on model behavior. When he’s leashed up, he knows that I will look out for him although instinct says to either high tail it or square off and face up. He has a memory. Everytime that we past this point now he’s on orange alert.