Star - a medium sized white Pit Bull with brindle spots and floppy ears - and I were out for a walk today when we saw an unleashed dachshund up ahead of us. I called to it, it stopped, he looked at us then high-tailed it up the street and disappeared. We turned the corner, Star happy to forget about the stray and sniff around when I saw this guy walking towards us. I asked him if he was missing a dachshund. He says, “No I’m not and (pointing at Star) I don’t want any trouble with that one.”
This took me off guard and I naively thought for a second that he was kidding. I started to say, “Oh, she’s great, very frien…”
“That dog’s a Pit Bull and I’m on a public street.”
Mmm. okay. So I try again, “So are we and she’s a goo…”
“She’s a Pit Bull and they bite people. They’re all crazy and everybody knows it. They all end up attacking people and killing. You need to get rid of that dog Get it away”
Now I was really riled. Fuck this ignorant a-hole. Aside from the fact that I genuinely love Pit Bulls, this one is the sweetest girl in the world to people, dogs and children. He on the other hand is obviously inhuman and inhumane and psycho - seriously he was acting like a rabid dog...
“Uh, they don’t all attack and why don’t you just back off a bit. You’re just provoking…”
He bellows now. “You’re the one causing trouble!”
He still walks toward us and I am still moving Star along yet he never slows down. Gee – do ya think he’s one of these folks who WANTS to get mauled just to have a lawsuit and tell everybody he WAS RIGHT!? Because I actually want to maul him now.
He pulls out his cell phone and exclaims, “Do you want me to call the police, cuz I will!?”
That makes me chuckle actually. “For what? Because I’m walking a dog?”
“You need to get that dog away before it bites someone.”
“Ya know, asshole, if I were her I’d bite you.”
Shit, if I were any dog I’d bite him. He blithered a little more, I waved him off, Star and I kept walking and got ahead a half a block. I felt him behind us for two more blocks before he ducked out somewhere. The funny thing is, Star kept looking back at him the whole time. Surely in this guy's ignoramus mind that was evidence enough of malicious behavior but I knew she knew he pissed me off and she was just making sure of his proximity.
Amazing – it would take an intruder who was threatening Star’s loved ones - not Star herself - to make her react and defend. And all this guy wants is to see it happen to prove himself right.
And he still, in his wee brain and giant gut would never know that he was the aggressor.
Now that I’m thinking about it – I’d bet you a thousand bucks and a ton of kibble that he followed us for the sole purpose of that encounter. It’s people like this……..
Posted by nora murphy at May 1, 2007 07:50 PM | TrackBack