Thread:Pamster315/@comment-26424426-20160813220118/@comment-26424426-20160823190523

And when Pam gets riled....

I was walking Gus on his leash and we were coming to the end of a nice walk -- cool weather because storms are coming. I passed someone’s house on our block – a woman with a boxer named Pickles, as she called it – and he came running out not on a leash.

She had just come out the back door through the garage, and could not have seen me much less anyone, but people are always walking dogs down our street throughout the day.

Her dog ran over and I was restraining mine. I said, “You’re supposed to have your dog on a leash!” She responded, “I didn’t know you were out here.”  LIKE THAT MATTERS, and she had no idea who was out or not. I repeated my comment.

She made little and slow effort to get her dog, and started mouthing off to me rudely, “Oh, go….” I said I’m tired of people not thinking rules apply to them, and that I was going to report her (and I did). She responded, “Go ahead.” So I told her what she could do and what I thought of her – in as ugly terms as she gave to me.

She never admitted how inconsiderate she is, and clearly did not care. I guess only I am to follow the rules. She is not a nice neighbor.

However, I did have a lovely talk with a retired Air Force officer who lives yesterday; he was very nice and liked Gus, who was sweet and quiet.

I spoke with my next door neighbor and she agreed with me. She knows the woman and says she a grump and can be obnoxious. A group of them used to play cards, but stopped because the woman insisted on her way and that was it. She also had given the dog to her brother because she could not care for it…obviously, but there the dog was. (Maybe he’s on vacation.)

My neighbor said not to worry and that the woman won’t do anything—she rarely goes anywhere, etc.

I feel bad about my words to her. But anymore, people don’t care and don’t even try. And that gets me so upset -- who knows what could have happened if it had been someone else or another type of dog or the dog saw something and took off. You just never know what could happen...that's why there's a leash law.

But I still feel guilty....