04 June 2009

My BFF has 4 Legs

I worked late all week, so Goldie got extra time with the grandparents (Hey, my dad calls her & me "the kids.")

Last night something scary happened. A guy showed up at their front door wanting to use the phone.

It is kind of pathetic that a man coming to the door asking to use the phone is a scary thing, huh? But it IS. I mean, who DOES that? They can't be up to any good, can they?

How many random phoneless people wander suburbia, stopping by the homes of the elderly to make a call?

I wasn't around to tell the guy I was going to call the cops - because I truly think that's what I would have done - but fortunately Goldie came to the rescue.

Mom said the dog hurled at herself at the man with the fury of a hound unleashed from hell. He was very, very lucky the screen door held.

Mom passed a cordless phone out to him, so if he indeed needed to make a call, he got to do it. But if he had any darker ambitions, they were thwarted by 65 pounds of rabid-looking mutt. Ha!

Another reason Goldie is officially The Greatest Dog in the World.
Goldie regards me and wonders whether I will ever scratch her belly
In a more relaxed moment.
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11 comments:

  1. Kizz4:22 AM

    Goldie is the best.

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  2. mar6:41 AM

    awww, i so love my puppy too, even though he can be a little monster sometimes. then again, he's not quite 15 weeks
    goldie is awesome. wish you could bring her to blogher so i could meet both of you!

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  3. lizgwiz8:06 AM

    My dearly departed Sadie once pounced on the screen door and scared away a couple of guys on my porch who were claiming to want to mow my lawn (even though they had no mower in tow). A few days later a house around the corner was broken into, and when I saw the picture of the guys they caught, I was pretty sure it was the same guys, and they'd been casing the neighborhood. I was so glad to have such a vicious-looking/sounding dog.

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  4. meno4:08 PM

    Good dog! Have a treat!

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  5. Parsla8:23 AM

    And here the best I can say about my dogs is that they've scared away Jehovah's Witnesses!

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  6. LittlePea8:37 AM

    Badass! Dogs are the best!

    (Loved your last post by the way)

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  7. Anonymous8:50 AM

    Always trust a dog's instincts.

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  8. Suzanne10:33 AM

    Go Goldie Go! I am so proud of her!

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  9. Juddie6:58 PM

    Good girl Goldie! You get extra cuddles now ...

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  10. Dingo7:52 PM

    Yeah, Goldie! No way would I open the door to someone needing to use the phone. Really guy? That's the best line you could come up with?

    I think your mom needs to be grounded for opening the door to strangers. She'll have to earn back her privleges.

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  11. Deena7:16 AM

    I love Goldie. I wish I could teach my cat to be so brave and protective of me.

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