how about... backs away from potentially wild dog while shooting pictures with camera
....this morning I took the shortcut, a dirt "road" between two paved streets. When I emerged from the gravel I saw something
standing in the road ahead of me.
What it was I wasn't sure, javelina, coyote, wild dog or stray?....I got my camera out and started shooting...he turned so that I could see it wasn't pig but rather something in the dog family.
Friend or foe I could not know.
I took a step or two in his direction and he
turned and began walking towards me.OK...maybe not too smart to continue this direction. I stand still and continue to shoot, he continues to slowly move in my
direction.I begin walking backwards around the corner of the street, keeping one eye on the animal while spotting the nearest front door I might knock on. One hand is on the camera button and the other holding my walking stick/paint pole intended to fight off wild creatures.
The critter continues to move even as I back away.
I near the second house...one that has four or five dogs in the fenced yard and the wild animal finally decides to find a new route.
I finish my walk anxious to return home and see just how much I can detect from the photos I've shot. He looks to meaty for a coyote and his coat is too dark. Maybe hes just a stray pup as he has that low to the ground look.
Still uncertain of what it was I encountered the matted nappy coat makes me glad I didn't try to get any closer.
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I'll have to show Logan the pictures. He'll be impressed.
This might be an excuse to get a dog to walk with you.
Good idea....I'll mention that.....I think we are waiting to fence the yard before a dog happens. I have been looking online at dogs on Craigslist.
hum. that creature looks way too much like Rusty (the Isley's dog that hates me with extreme vengeance). I think I'd stay clear-- as Brian says, "his ears are the criminal type!" Glad you had your walking stick with you.
P.S. Be careful about buying a dog (from Craigslist) if he's from the U.K... ask Aaron what can happen when you try to buy a computer from there.
smiles,
~J
Logan thinks it looks like a dog. He doesn't suggest getting too close to it.
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