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March 02, 2005
Wednesday Excitement
Well, that was definitely a break from the same old routine. Photos of the wreck start here. The driver, a very polite guy, said his brakes locked up as he was coming down the hill, so he hit our bank rather than run out into the intersection & risk hitting someone.
I got to chat with him a little because the tow truck driver had a little terrier (a Jack Russell I think) with him, and it jumped out of the truck. It led both guys on a merry little chase around the neighborhood. I finally stopped laughing long enough to get a jerky-style dog treat and join the hunt. The tow truck driver & I finally cornered the little devil in our back yard, and as I kept the dog's attention with the dog treat, he crept up from behind & grabbed him/her/it. I gave him/her/it the treat anyway....a just reward for a good laugh.
Then I had to give our two doggie treats when I got back inside. Sassy at least deserved hers, as she obeyed the "Sit. Stay." command when I first opened the door to go out. She'd been watching everything out the windows very closely and it was clearly against her better judgment to let me go out alone when there were TWO STRANGE MEN and a STRANGE DOG RUNNING ALL OVER OUR YARD and THEY COULD BE DANGEROUS.
Sollie had no idea what was going on, being a very short pug who can't see out the windows, but he was damned if he was going to stay inside and miss all the excitement. Whatever it was. The foot is quicker than the pug, however, and I blocked his escape & slipped out the door.
The cat, being a cat, ran and hid in the closet. If it wasn't for all the moles she catches, she'd be completely worthless.
Whew. I think I deserve a nap now.
Posted by Rita at March 2, 2005 10:26 AM