A while back I posted a thread about our neighbor, Fred which more or less said that maybe he isn't the animal hater that I always thought he was. I was so hopeful but now I have found out that he is
NOT a nice man!! A story about him will
NEVER be printed in
Chicken Soup for the Yorkie Lovers Soul.
Two week-ends ago I was babysitting my Granddog, Sassy. Fred didn't see me in the yard (there is one house between me and Fred and it is occupied by Mary, Joe, and their Boxer. They are brand new to the neighborhood) and I heard him hollar over to Mary "Looks like they got another
RAT over there". A few minutes later Fred went into Mary's yard to talk to her and pretend that he loves their Boxer (believe me, he doesn't) and my little Matty Lu ran to the fence and just went crazy trying to get Fred's attention. He totally ignored her, of course. So, I called out to her "Get over here you little rat - only a man who is comfortable with his own sexuality will pay any attention to you".
OK, maybe that was rude, but I wanted him to know that I heard what he said and I didn't like it.
Fast forward to yesterday. My daughter is taking the two girls for a walk and Matty is running on her leash like the crazy little "puppy" she is. She's not even a year old and doesn't even weigh 4 pounds. So she sees Fred (who is 65 y/o for cryin' out loud) and starts barking and wiggling to get to him for a pat. She does bark on her walks, but it is a friendly "I love my life" kind of bark. We're working on it, but she's still a baby. Anyway, Fred says "Oh for god's sake" and puts his fingers in his ears as if her barking at 11 AM in the morning is the worst noise pollution he has ever heard.
AND HE REPEATS IT AGAIN AND KEEPS HIS FINGERS IN HIS EARS UNTIL MATTY AND MY DAUGHTER TURN THE CORNER.
I'm afraid that he is going to do something to one of my dogs! I seriously think that he hates animals and is responsible for all the poisoned and shot cats on OUR BLOCK!! I can't prove it, of course, but I do know that he owns guns and I've heard him say that cats should be killed. Someone DID shoot my cat a few years ago and broke his pelvis. He managed to drag himself home so it couldn't have happened too far from our house. He couldn't walk at all, so maybe he was even shot
ON OUR FRONT PORCH!!
Thankfully we were able to nurse him back to health!
I'm worried!!