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Originally Posted by Shiloh Zayne  My little man gave me quite a scare today! Let me start off by saying that Shiloh has no idea that he is a five pound Yorkie, cause he definitely has the heart of a lion lol. He has what my family and I call "inner vicious" hehe. Shiloh is extremely protective of not only myself but my two children as well.
So I was in my fenced in back yard today trying to do some yard work after a big storm we just had. My children and Shiloh were outside "helping" (or just running around playing  ). One of my neighbors whose back yard isn't fenced in has a very large dog, I'm not sure of the breed but suffice to say he weighs at least 150+ lbs. When they take him outside they put him on one of those chains that has a stake into the ground. He always threateningly growls and barks at anyone in our yard. Shiloh always goes crazy barking and growling back at him, even throwing his body against the chain link fence like he is trying to break it down. Shiloh will even tug at our clothes to try to pull us away from the fence.
Anyways, somehow the gate to my backyard got left open and before I knew it Shiloh was out of the gate and running full on at the other dog. I started screaming, and ran after him cause I knew if the other dog got to him he could easily hurt him very badly and possibly kill him. The neighbor's dog was chained up and was pulling all his weight trying to reach Shiloh. They were literally inches apart, nose to nose barking, growling, snarling at each other. But luckily Shiloh was smart enough to know that as long as he stood just far enough back he couldn't reach him due to the chain.
Amongst the commotion my neighbors ran out and restrained their dog and I snatched Shiloh up and rushed him back into the safety of our back yard. For the rest of the day he pranced around like he was so proud of himself for telling him off! It was like he was thinking "I sure gave him a piece of my mind. No one barks or growls at MY family!!" lol. |
Oh my, I'm was so nervous reading your thread, Shiloh sounds so much like Joey, and I could just picture him telling the other dog off. You might want to get a lock for your gate, if that other dog ever pulls the stake from the ground, Shiloh will be in real trouble. Glad nothing bad happened. I sometimes wish Joey wasn't so protective.