Catching Buddy
I got ready for Aquarobics this morning with ten minutes to spare. That's because my husband cleaned the snow off the car for me. Ten minutes! I could do my blog. I knew what I wanted to say.
I started typing, while looking out the window. There were two dogs out there playing, running in the snow. One was a sort of heavy set, medium sized yellow dog, and the other, younger, was black with some white on his chest and he was about 2/3 the size of the bigger dog. They were having such fun, but it always worries me to see dogs running unattended. They could get lost or get out on the road in front of cars.
Then the boy came to get them. He is a tall, thin boy with curly, red hair. The bigger dog ran to him immediately and he put a leash on him. But the smaller dog just cavorted all around, out of his reach.
I knew I could help him catch that dog. So I stopped writing, put on my coat, grabbed my Y bag and headed out. I called to the boy who was standing across the street now, "Can I help?" He said he did need help.
I asked what the dog's name is and found it is Buddy. Buddy, he said, is friendly and won't bite, but he probably wouldn't come to me while he's running free. I said I thought I could get him to come.
I called and called him, (which the boy hadn't done). "Yo, Buddy!" and I clapped my hands, which gets my dogs' attention right away. Buddy had circled around in back of the houses on the upper street but pretty soon he came back to where we could see him. I hunkered down and clapped and called Buddy to come to me. And he made a beeline for me. He came right to my arms and I petted him and got a good hold on him and the boy snapped the leash on him. He was happy enough, and didn't seem to feel that I'd betrayed him. I was happy, too. I didn't want him running into danger.
And then I went to Aquarobics, --without my towel! I'd had my mind on helping catch the dog and picked up my bag but not my towel. However, I was able to borrow a towel from the Y, so I didn't have to come home for it. I love having adventures like this. I was really happy to be successful in getting Buddy to come to me.
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