Bubba

This eavening around 11ish our dog, Buddy, started freaking out for like half an hour about something outside. Many times I checked, and there was nothing there. Then for the last time (thinking that there must be a prowler on the loose due to Buddys growling (we have helicopters shining lights in our neighborhood all the time)) I looked and beheld a huge dog that looked like a boxer (at first) but turned out to be a pitt bull that I have seen a few times before. Thinking it was Gurdy, the neighbors unusually friendly female dog, I went out and called to her to take her home. This dog, however, was a male that was extremely shy. Being the big hearted animal lover I am (because it had been raining hard all day- and this was the only 20 or so min break) I felt bad for the poor thing and tried leaving some dog food in our driveway. Long story short, we ended up coaxing him into our back yard with leftover elk meat we wasnt sure was human good still. About 3 hours after finding him, he finally trusted us enough to get his tag information.

Mom, I know right now youre thinking "Oh my crazy Stephanie, that could have been a scary dog! Oh my crazy, crazy daughter..."- but its ok ma, sees what usually happens (this has been like the 20th encounter with wandering dogs in our neighborhood) is I raise the blinds and slightly open the window enough for Buddy to bark at the dog and get its attention- then seeing its reaction towards Buddy I decide if Tony should encounter it or not. if they growl, I leave the dog alone, if they sniff and wag their tail- hes usually okay. Then I approach the window and if it growls I deffinately leave it alone. Usually they see me and turn and walk away; if thats the case I figure its a wuss and is lost. The worst thing to do is let an animal afraid of humans run around because it wont find its way back home and most likely get hit by a car (which i have unfortunately seen twice- once a few days ago on my way home from Taco bell. road was clear when I was going there but on the way home, a car was stopped in the road and a poor doggie was its victum) or get sick and die. If Buddy got lost I would want someone to return him to me (seriousely, he cant even last an hour out in the back yard so how is he going to last in the real world???)).

Anyway, right now our friend Bubba is outside howling away. Hes so cute! He is just like a 30lb Buddy. He even gives me that same "I love you" look and he puts his big ol paw on your leg asking you to love him back. So sweet. Its amazing how well Buddy gets along with dogs so much bigger than he is. They were playing for so long- mostly chasing eachother around. We are going to wait until morning to call his owners. According to mapquest, Bubba is almost 2 miles away from home and has crossed several very busy streets. Dogs are so crazy sometimes.

Nighty Night!