| yorkietalkjilly | 09-16-2012 07:04 PM |
*****Tibbe Almost Attacked But Umbrella Saved The Day!!!*****
Took Tibbe out for a walk today even though it was lightly raining. Halfway through our walk, 2 Spitz-type dogs tore off their porch growling, showing teeth where they were sitting unleashed with 2 women and made straight for Tibbe, who saw them and was instantly at the end of the leash, displaying his fine set of teeth as well. It took the dogs about 3 - 4 seconds to get to us and I just had time to take my big black umbrella from over our heads to in front of us, laying the bottom edge on the sidewalk.
These 2 dogs actually came closer than any dogs ever have before and though the umbrella is so big I couldn't see them past it, I could hear their low growls and sense, especially from Tibbe's reaction, that they were very near us on the other side of the umbrella and trying to get around it. I had to roll it sideways back and forth to keep them from trying to come around the edge as their owners were hot on their heels but it took them sometime to catch the dogs as they were running from them and circling back to us!
Tibbe was no help at all as he was trying to get around it to them as well and he was mad! I caught sight of his little white teeth, snarled muzzle and heard his tiny growls as he kept pulling and trying to get around the umbrella! It was so scary as those 2 dogs could have really hurt him if they had somehow gotten to him and I couldn't get him to pick him up as I was using one hand to hold his leash and trying to reel him in and the other to try to keep that huge umbrella twirling on the sidewalk!!! If I had let go of the umbrella to get Tibbe, I think the dogs might just have managed to get around it, though I'm just not sure how close they really were. The umbrella is very wide and I couldn't see them as I was crouched behind it trying to control and twirl it while trying to reel angry Tibbe in with only 1 hand but these 2 dogs really got close! Too close!
Pitbulls, GSD's, Rottie's and so forth just won't come that close to my just-unfurled umbrella but these little Spitz kind of dogs just came for us and got very close. Growling, snarling. I think one reason they were braver is they didn't get to see the big umbrella unfurl and hear that snap/whoosh sound it makes as it spreads out when I press the button. It was already open due to the rain and they'd seen it up over our heads so I don't guess they weren't as intimidated as when dogs stand there and see and hear it deploy suddenly, big and black.
Anyway, I was very grateful when the women finally got the dogs and took them off but still more grateful I had that umbrella. Ever since little Jilly was so viciously injured in a sudden Dalmatian attack and had to have surgery, be hospitalized & have rehab due to her injuries, I have never failed to carry a big push-button umbrella with me on walks, whether or not a dog is with me! It has diffused many a situation over the years but maybe never in as close a call as today. Boy, that big, black umbrella is my hero tonight! That big piece of fabric and wires could just be the reason Tibbe is here beside me tonight and not in the Emergency E.R.! :eek: | 