In our case, the big dog came rushing from out of eye range and Jilly heard or scented him, turned and ran back on her leash to "protect" me and he was on her, all before I knew what was happening. I always walk with my head on a swivel but he obviously came from behind his house - off leash and silent. Thankfully I had a walking stick with me or he could have killed her. He still stalked us down the block as I was trying to get her home to safety and I had to stop and threaten him with the walking stick to back him off. His owner told Animal Control he had jumped the fence. I never even saw the dog as we walked by his house and never heard or saw his silent approach. You can't even walk your dog in your neighborhood safely sometimes!
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |