So, I get up this morning and I take the dog outside, right? Well, our dog is a huge coward. Like, HUGE coward. So, we're outside and the dog is sniffing around, looking for the perfect spot to pee, ok? Well, in our backyard there's a treeline that runs across the entire length of the property and, behind that, there's a little creek or something (I don't know what it's technically considered, but it's a small gathering of running water). Quite often you don't even remember the water is there because you never hear it, nor can you see it unless you're looking into the woods. WELL...
Our dog is sniffing, sniffing, sniffing. Finally finds the place she wants to pee and squats. She pees for about 2 seconds and then stops. Her head snaps up and looks toward the water. I didn't hear anything so I have no clue what she heard. She freezes, completely still. She's staring into the woods and then starts sniffing. After a few seconds she starts slowly creeping toward the woods, sniffing the air the entire way there. I'm beginning to think there's an animal back there or something, you know?
She gets up to the treeline and starts sniffing the air really hard. You can hear something sort of splashing in the water so I'm assuming that's what she is smelling. She's not growling or anything so I'm taking that as a sign she's feeling confident, brave or something. Oh no. I was wrong.
She's sniffing, sniffing, sniffing some more and fiiiiinally she gets that little growl in her throat. Now I'm ready for an animal to jump out of the woods. Our dog growls a little bit more so I yank on her leash to pull her away from the treeline. She resists and tries to pull me toward the woods. I yank the leash again, she resists again. One more time - same thing. So, I'm beginning to think there's something there. She NEVER does that. So, I take it as a sign that maybe something's wrong. I loosen my grip on the leash and she takes a few steps toward the woods. I follow because now I'm interested.
Aaaaand, here's where our dog shows her true colors.
She starts growling. Hard. Like, "I'm going to bite you" growl. She leans her head forward into the woods and, at the same time, something makes a noise. Our dog jumps - literally JUMPS - about a foot into the air, yelps like a bitch and SPRINTS toward our backdoor. She sprints so fast and so hard trying to running away from this thing in the woods that she ends up choking herself on the leash I'm holding - when she reaches the full extension of the leash it pulls back on her throat and her body jerks into the air. She flops hard onto the ground (because she ended up essentially clotheslining herself on the leash) and scrambles to get up. I can see her peeing out of fear. Literally, PISSING HERSELF out of fear.
What caused our dog to become so scared, you ask?
A plastic bag. Like, one of these...
The gentle ruffling of a plastic bag being blown by the wind was more than enough to cause our dog to run away and piss herself like a coward.
... but look at how cute she is...
