The Stray Dog, part 16... the finale

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Big Boy Karl (image by Krazy Uncle)

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Saturday 30th
Today we went for a walk, after Karl and I practiced ‘sit’ and ‘stay’ for a while. He’s getting better, and luckily we had a few vehicles drive by on the road and I was able to keep Karl’s attention on me, mostly.

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My little bounding dog (image by Krazy Uncle)

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Karl boundin' and smilin' all the way (image by Krazy Uncle)

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We’d just come back from our walk and I was in the house, with Karl outside and I was starting to look at some of the pictures I took of Karl, when a SUV pulled into the yard. Now, this is the first time since Karl came into my life that we had visitors. I had no idea what to expect, so I grabbed Karl’s leash and headed for the front door. That is where I’d left Karl sleeping on the porch, just moments before. By the time I’d got to the front porch I could hear Karl barking at the man who was now at the side door to the kitchen. Karl had been in the garage and now the guy was between us. I looked at him and said, “I don’t know what the dog’s going to do, I just got him.” Karl was barking and obviously upset at the man, and he would not come to me. I wanted to put his leash on him, but no doing. Karl would circle the man farther away from me, each time I tried to leash Karl.

The man and I started talking and he was a nice guy, out with his wife, driving a new SUV and they wanted to know about getting permission to hike on some of the nearby land my Landlord/Boss farms. Karl is still barking, but not being particularly menacing. So, I just told the guy what he wanted to know and kept an eye on Karl. The guy said it looks like you got yourself a watchdog there, and started making his way back to his vehicle. Karl kept barking and then started lunging at the man’s ankles. Oh, great! The guy didn’t turn his back on Karl after the first lunge and I can’t blame him, he did make it back to his vehicle without harm, and I was still trying to get Karl under control as they pulled out of the driveway, but then Karl started chasing the SUV and barking all the way out to the road and beyond.

Geez… is this little guy going to be a handful around other people? I do wonder if Karl would’ve reacted the same to a woman? Only time will tell.

Note: this is the last of the Stray Dog series… Karl’s no longer a stray and we have new stories to tell, so stay tuned… and learn how Karl and I overcame some of the issues he had with a dumb human. We've come a long, long way...

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Yes, our journey has been long, but it's only the start! (image by Krazy Uncle)

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To see what you’ve missed so far here are the links to the previous installments.
The Stray Dog part 1: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog
The Stray Dog part 2: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-2
The Stray Dog part 3: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/stray-dog-part-3
The Stray Dog part 4: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-4
The Stray Dog part 5: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-5
The Stray Dog part 6: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-6
The Stray Dog part 7: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-7
The Stray Dog part 8: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-8
The Stray Dog part 9 https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-9
The Stray Dog part 10: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-10
The Stray Dog part 11: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/stray-dog-part-11
The Stray Dog part 12: https://steemit.com/poetry/@krazyuncle/how-we-treat-each-other
The Stray Dog part 13: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-13
The Stray Dog part 14: https://steemit.com/blog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-14
The Stray Dog part 15: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/stray-dog-part-15