Sunday, February 15, 2009

Neighborhood Watch...out

2.15.09, 12:38pm, Strawberry Creek Park, Berkeley

Two dogs scuffle loudly—one Border Collie on lead, one Boxer off-lead.
Fight lasts approximately one minute. No injuries.
Owner of on-lead dog kicks off-leash dog three times, including twice after the dogs have separated.
The owner of the on-lead dog, a middle-aged white female, screams verbal obscenities at the owner of the off-leash dog, a young white female, for approximately four minutes. Threats made by the middle-aged female wearing a Marmot rain jacket towards the young female wearing a Mountain Hardwear jacket include, but are not limited to the following:

*Hunting the Young female down; finding where she lives.
*Reporting the Young female's illegal activity (off-leash dog) to the police immediately
*Calling animal control
*Screaming at owners of other off-lead dogs to let her use their cell phones to call police and animal control
*Having the Young female’s dog put down

Middle-aged female not found, presumed to be at REI purchasing reinforced boots and an ice-climbing pick in preparation for next dog fight.
Young female at home blogging.

2 comments:

  1. Border Collies and Boxers have a weird natural enmity, and the BCs start the fights. Sammy once took off across an entire field to attack a boxer that was just moseying along on its leash. Sammy is afraid of cats and hides in the bathtub when he accidentally knocks something over. He made a 100-yard beeline to attack a boxer. Fuckin' A.

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  2. Agreed, Border Collies are very strange about certain breeds. I have had to come to accept that mine really only socializes well with male geriatric retriever breeds, sort of the dog equivalent of Mister Rogers. I wouldn't say she initiates, but I am in a certain state of denial. Man oh man I loathe dog dis-harmony.

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