Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog

Murmurs Mumblings - My Thoughts conversation with myself, rants, and more mumblings Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog

I been complaining blabbering about walking to/from my house which is a 20 minutes uphill/downhill walk. For a ‘happy feet’ (aka flat footed) like me is not exactly my idea of a daily pleasant walk.

The universe somehow got a mixed impression and decided to add spice on my walk by introducing… Dogs.

Our family used to have pet dogs…both was japanse spitz. Both was too lazy to bark, had lousy sense of direction, but can easily figure out where the refrigerator is.
So, I can say I had a pleasant doggie experience. In manila, I can walk with dog strays lumbering in every street corner. The trick: I don’t provoke them, ergo I can walk unscathed.

Apparently, this trick is not applicable here. It seems the dogs here are having ‘too much’ attention and very excited about almost everything.

My first encounter was with a dog with a size almost to my waist. It barked at me from afar, I ignore and continue walking at my normal pace. I guess, it doesn’t want to be ignored so it dashed in front of me and barked continuously at me. With its size, the dog can easily knock me over, so I stood still, in attempt to calm it down. 5minutes passed, it is still barking! Worse, I can’t move a single muscle as it became more aggravated. Finally, when it relaxed abit I managed to grab my phone. I was already on the brink of tears, when suddenly the owner finally realized that it was his dog causing raucous. Although, the owner apologized profusely, I can’t help glaring back.

Of course it didn’t stopped there, I guess the word spread among doggies that an alpha-chicken-girl is on the loose and they can vent all their bark on her. A few days later, my path got blocked by two dogs, (although a bit smaller than the first one) and barked at me with enthusiasm while showing their pearly whites.
How uncute.
This happens to me a lot of times, so I have to stand still, pray hard and either I get saved by someone or they’ll just run off.
Walking uphill is already tiring, and sometimes I just want to rest my feet or go to the loo, spending 10-15 minutes just to stand still is ridiculous.
So, I enlist the help of my friends and some colleagues for suggestions to this doggie problem:

1. Stand Still and Pray very Hard – Yup. That’s what I am doing…I am already about to use some ample amount of tears
2. Act tough – yeah right, dogs were sniffing my butt, how can I act tough on that!
3. Maybe the dogs don’t bite – Unless the dogs have a programmed chip that says ‘WILL-NOT-BITE’ , I will not risk it. When I was young, my mum used to say on other folks, that I am so gentle and wouldn’t harm a fly. Look at me now. I rest my case
4. Use a long umbrella – I tried this once… the dogs let out a long, low growl * faints*
5. Go to another path – there is only one path!
6. Use MSG – this will lead to option 7
7. Call the police – Either I will say “ Mr.Policeman, the dog ate my MSG sandwich” or “mr.Policeman, I am so afraid of the dogs, could you please escort me and we’ll se how things go”. I have a feeling I will end up dumped in a psychiatrist’s office
8. Knock on the compound neighbors – It is to tempting to ask: “Excuse me, is this your dog biting at my butt right now” *turns back*
9. Bite back the dog – I called the person who suggested this ‘Stupid’ and refused to acknowledge that the person has a fiber of common sense at all.
10. Find a new house – and that’s what I am doing now. Eviction is one bark away. *sigh*