Of Dogs and Ducks
Glindy almost went for an unintended
swim the other day. We were in a small neighborhood park, and there
were some ducks in the pond. As she often does with other animals
around, Glindy went on high alert and then went bounding to the
very end of the leash in an attempt to chase the ducks.
Before I knew it, her back legs were straining against the raised
concrete ledge of the walkway, and her front feet were pawing the
air directly over the water. Had there been even just a tiny
fraction of an inch more slack in that leash, she would have been
in the drink.
As it was, I used my body weight to haul her back to safety, and
then continued dragging her along behind me until she decided to
catch back up with me.
*sigh* It would have been a lot funnier if situations like this
weren't so common.