Incident in the park

No pic today, just a vent / rant. Took the dogs to the park this morning early, as it is getting very hot now. They had a good time running around ... until Fin met the puppy with the thin-lipped (and, as it turned out, thin-skinned) woman at the other end of its lead. True to form, Fin was over-eager in his inspection of said puppy. The woman scooped up her puppy and started yelling things such as get your attack dog away etc. Unfortunately, picking up her puppy incited Fin to jump up and, to exacerbate things, connect with the thin skin of the thin-lipped woman (not badly, but enough for a bandaid). She was pretty out of control after that, asking for my name and phone number (which I was happy to give to her). She also wanted my address, but visions of being stalked overruled the weight of her angry response when I declined. Poor old Fin didn't know what was going on - and it didn't make it easier for him to calm down while she stood there with her puppy in her arms ranting at me!

I went to the car while she pursued me - I think she thought I was going to make a getaway (sadly my overweening sense of responsibility meant that this was not an option). As I did, two other dog-owners approached me and said they'd be happy to be witnesses on my behalf. Most people at this park are 'dog' people and know that dogs will be dogs. So that made me feel a little better.

I got back to the car and tried not to laugh as I saw the empty almond croissant bag on the floor and Fin and Tutu's 'it wasn't me' expressions. As I was driving home, the whole Judge Judy scenario was playing out before my eyes which welled up as I imagined the judge ruling that Fin had to be put down in spite of my pleading on his behalf ... nothing like a litigious country to enhance my natural paranoia.

Stay tuned. I'm sure there'll be another instalment.