The Dog Days of Spring

One of my favorite quotes is as follows: "When mama's not happy, no one is happy!" Have you ever heard anything so true as this?

So my wife calls me on Wednesday afternoon to inform me that the local animal control has come by and left a notice about a complaint on our dog for barking and howling while chained up in our back yard, I was taken back just a little. So I guess you are thinking that my dog must be this large and vicious creature, foaming at the mouth, jumping and trying to attack anything which might come near? Yes, our dog is protective just as any loyal canine is and yes, she does bark. Isn't that what dogs do? More on this later...

So my wife was mad, no, irate because of this yellow notice she found on our door as she came home from work. We have tried to call the animal control more that 4 times leaving message after message with no response. When she is upset, this makes me angry as well. I love my wife and hate for her to be up set. Especially over something as trivial as this.

Do neighbors not have anything better to do than sit and call the authorities about a barking dog? So now you are probably asking yourself, I would just love to see this horrid beast which sits and barks for hours on end, terrorizes the neighborhood, and would rip to shreds any person which comes within 10 feet of our propriety. Warning, this picture is not for the timid or faint of heart. Here she is....Elmo the wonder dog:





Yes, that is our 5 pound Chihuahua Elmo. Sure she can bark and can be annoying at times but she is the sweetest thing. We do not keep her chained up in our back yard. She does go outside to do her business and she does chase the occasional rabbit with no success. She is rarely outside for more than 10 minutes at a time and Elmo has never met a stranger.

One of our neighbor does have a dog named Spotty. He is a mixed breed and he is a dangerous and vicious dog. No one can get with in 10 feet of their fence with out being terrorized buy the animal. It can be very difficult for me to even cut the grass. He barks for hours and hours on end earning his nickname name, "Mr. Woofy", yet we have never complained to the authorities. If I really had a problem with this dog, I would go to the neighbors first. I fear for Elmo if Mr. Woofy ever got out of his fence and she was outside at the same time. These neighbors have tried to stop some of the barking by attaching one of these electric collars to the dog, with some success. I do hat that they have done this; am sure that must be very painful. We live near an airport and it is funny to watch Mr. Woofy jump at the airplanes, trying to snatch them from the sky as they fly above.

I know who conplained so is this a case of mistaken identity? Was Elmo really outside barking for hours and hours? Stay tuned my peeps for updates from this exciting saga!