Cocoa
For a few of the people that I think read this blog, the word "Cocoa" may mean more than a hot chocolate. I will get back to that in a bit.
Before the dawning of invisible fences in suburbia, the ever tense relationship between dog and runner was much simpler. If there was a fence and the dog was behind it, the dog could safely be ignored. Sure, there was the odd fence that was no longer up to the task of canine containment. Too, there was the odd dog that clearly was uncontainable. But, for the most part, fences afforded the runner a bit of peace of mind.
Now they all have invisible fences, great invention from a homeowner's standpoint. But the problem for the runner, of course, is that invisible fences look remarkably similar to no fences. Today, I had a holy-crap-that-is-a-big-dog-charging-at-me-there-must-be-an-invisible-fence-why-is-the-owner-panicing-type-of-experience. The short version; big brown dog, no invisible fence, apparently I can run faster.
So back to Cocoa. When I was very young, before the invisible invention (E may remember this) Cocoa educated us on how big charging brown dogs can scare the living crap out of you. After my Cocoa moment today, I took some satisfaction in calculating that Cocoa is over 231 in dog years now. I probably can stop worrying about Cocoa.
===> Run 4.2, hot/humid/hilly 34:35
posted by Jack @ 10:58 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Good for you–all your training payed off! You out-ran the beast. Last fall I was bit by a dog while I was out running. The dog was on a leash and pulled away from it’s owner. Why do dogs have to be stupid?
A lot of times it is the owners more so than the dogs, I think. Did you get the "he has NEVER done THAT before!" line?
How did you know? That is exactly what the owner said and then the owner went on and on telling me how much the dog loves all the neighborhood children.
Yeah Right!!
Dog owners are so predictable when that happens. It almost makes you feel guilty for being bitten or chased.
I would never feel guilty for being bitten. That's a dog owner who needs to be trained properly.
Then again my mom has the opposite problem. She KNOWS her dog's a biter and even when she tells people, No, he's NOT friendly, they STILL insist on trying to pet him. In that case, they're just getting what they deserve.
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