The community in which we have our lake house was having a pre-4th picinic tonight. My son decides to come up from our regular house, but doesn't show up unitl 6 because of a late start and traffic. So much for the picnic, but we did discover a good Japanese restaurant in the area.
We would have just gone to the picnic and let our son come whenever he did, but we didn't get a chance to warn him about Hendryx's propensity to dash out the door from here. Figured better a lost picnic than a lost Hendryx.
So, we get back from the restaurant, and i decide to take Hendryx for a walk. I call him, he comes over - tail wagging away - and put on the leash. We're no more than 20 feet out the door when some kid about a block away lights off an ashcan. Hendryx's ears go flat, his tail goes down, his back arches up, and he does an about face going back to the house. I tug on the leash, assure him that it's far away, and we continue the walk. We're 50 feet away from the house when some other kid about a block in the other direction lights of a string of firecrackers. Ears flat, tail down, back up, about face, backward march! I pick him up - he's shaking like a leaf - soothe him and try to get him to at least pee before we go back. That's when a kid a half block away lights off an M80. Ears,tail,back,whimper, shake, back to the house and don't give me any of your human crap - I'm hiding under the BED!!! And there he lies shaking even now. |