Our Nutty Dog
"I took Athena on a nice 4 or 5 mile walk/run today. She had tons of energy and the weather was again around 36 degrees, so I just settled in for a nice scenic trek with her."
"Just before we reached home, she saw one of these ridiculous things:"
"This is not the one we saw, but I detest these things. The one we saw is outside of an H&R Block office, and will go away around April 15, thank God. What I didn't know is how much seet, even tempered, goodnatured Athena detests them. She started barking and snarling from across the street (scaring the bejesus out of the guy standing at the bus stop). She pulled me across the street where I am pretty sure she would have attacked it if I hadn't pulled her away. The fur on her back from neck to tail was standing up, she kept turning back to snarl at it as we walked away, and in one final coup de grace, she . . . . threw up."
"She also dreams vividly. I'm pretty sure this thing has made a deep impression on her psyche and will visit her in her dreams. I just hope she doesn't throw up again."
