I had a little bit of excitement while out on a walk with Bella tonight. As we were walking around the neighborhood, we passed a house where a man was standing on the porch messing around on his phone. We got about 2 houses down when Bella started walking almost backwards beside me. I turned around to see what her deal was and the guy from the porch was about 4 or 5 sidewalk squares behind me. As soon as I looked at him he asks "he won't bite, will he?". Well I wasn't about to say "why no, strange man walking uncomfortably close behind me, my dog won't bite you", so I just said "ummmm, I don't know. Probably not. But I don't think she's too excited about you walking so close. We'll just go to the other side ".
Usually, she is all about people and gets super excited to see anyone new that might pet her or play with her. This guy obviously made her uncomfortable by walking up so close to us. She didn't growl at him or anything, but she was also not bouncing around, pulling to get to him for petting, or wagging her nubby with excitement. She was just plain staring him down.
I know it's not likely that this guy was out to attack me. Once we had crossed the street, Bella kept her eye on him and he did hurry down the street to his car. So I'm sure he was probably just genuinely in a hurry to get somewhere and was completely unaware of his creeper-like actions. However, it did give me some comfort to know that perhaps Bella isn't just all-trusting with everyone she meets. Even though I know it is highly unlikely that I will ever be attacked while walking in my neighborhood, it makes me glad to have her with me, especially when I walk at night.
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