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Sunday, October 5, 2008
I have a new friend. Him's name is Wexler.
Tonight I was working on a little project at the computer, and I heard a dog barking. I rarely hear a dog barking, because our neighborhood dogs just bark enough to get let back in the house, usually. When the bark bark barking went on for more than a few minutes, I started to think that perhaps there was a puppy in distress, and perhaps I could rescue that guy.
Turned out it was a dog in the yard of my kitty-corner-behind-me neighbor, and I'm embarrassed to say that I don't even know them. I spoke with them after a particularly dastardly storm once, when we were all outside observing the post-storm carnage, but I think that's the last time.
So the dog was tied to a tree, bark bark bark bark barking, and I didn't know if he was friendly or not, so I didn't approach him. Instead, I rang the doorbell, reintroduced myself, and asked if I could take their dog for a walk. And they said yes I could take him for a walk! He is just visiting, and that is probably why he was not pleased to be left outside while his people socialized inside.
Wexler is a baby dog who is half golden retriever and half poodle, so you can just imagine the level of cute I was dealing with here! Adorable, off-the-chart cute. He was every bit as pleased about going for a walk with me as I was about going for a walk with him, even when it started to rain a little. He was surprisingly polite on his leash. When he started to get too rambunctious and pull, I stopped and waited for him to stop pulling before I started walking again. I learned that on TV, on the National Geographic special about the outfit that rescued all of Michael Vick's dogs, and Wexler picked up on it within about 3 minutes. Such a good boy!
I returned him after about 45 minutes, and I think he must be nice and tired, because he hasn't barked once! I'm thinking that maybe I'll make a project of listening for barks, then volunteering to walk the offender. It's one way to get my dog fix, and it's more fun to run with a dog than with a box cutter, like I usually do if I run after dark.
So…anybody else in Burnsville/Apple Valley have a dog I can take for a walk?
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