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I know, I know, I've been a bad blogger lately. But I've been editing, and editing always makes me grouchy.

Anyway. My quiet suburban street has suddenly transformed itself into Wild Kingdom.

Lulu and I were out enjoying our morning walk, when all of a sudden, an enormous creature – think Cujo crossed with a pit bull – jumped out of a bush, and threw himself at Lulu.

After a few scary seconds, I realized that he was (a) just a puppy, albeit a really freaking big puppy, and (b) his interest in Lulu was purely lust driven.

Sadly, shows of brute force are so not Lulu’s style. She’s more of a pina-colada-and-getting-caught-in-the-rain sort of a girl. Well, actually, not the rain part so much.

Despite her obvious lack of interest in her suitor – Lulu gave a shriek, and flattened herself on the ground, and refused to move until I picked her up and carried her off – he followed us most of the way home, rudely thrusting his nose into Lulu’s rear end whenever possible.

We finally managed to shake him off, and I managed to calm Lulu down until she was sufficiently composed to recommence her endless quest to find the best poop spot in the neighborhood, when I caught a glimpse of white fur rounding the corner and running toward us. It was one of those tiny dogs that look like cotton balls on legs, and it was dragging an extendable leash behind it, so that the plastic hand grip was going thunk-thunk-thunk down the sidewalk. Whoever had presumably been holding the leash at some earlier point in time was no where to be seen.

I made a lunge for the wayward creature’s leash when he passed by me, but he let out a yip, and took off down the street, turned another corner and raced out of view. I waited around for a bit, to see if anyone would happen by, looking for their lost dog, but nope. No one appeared. Which makes me wonder just what the tiny white dog did with his walker. But I have to admit, I admired his enthusiasm. I even caught myself humming Born Free.

Lulu, however, has been traumatized, and has taken to her bed for the rest of the afternoon.

Posted 22 August 2006 at 02:04 PM