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Cute anecdote

Dear Diary:

I was in the West Village on a beautiful spring day, walking my 13-pound rescue mutt Charly and enjoying the first days of warm sun.

Coming down the block was a tall, muscular young man dressed in black leather. With him was an equally muscular big dog of unknown breed, also decked out in black leather, including a large leather collar with spikes, and on a chain link leash.

Because Charly is overly friendly with other dogs, I thought I should probably cross the street. Why risk a confrontation?

Then, just as we were about to cross the street, the man and his dog ducked into a garage.

“Phew,” I thought, as Charly and I continued down the block.

Passing the garage, I looked in and saw the young man. The dog was cowering behind him.

The young man looked at me sheepishly.

”He’s afraid of other dogs,” he said.

I just want to hug both dogs now. (If they want hugs, I mean.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html

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Count me among those wanting to hug both dogs, if they're happy being hugged. That young man, too. Just because they *look* like they might knock you out... :)

That is SO cute!

awwwwwwwwwwww

D'awwwwwww...I needed that story. :^)

Very cute story.

There was a guy on the other telescope at my wife's observatory, I think he worked out of Chicago so he was only here occasionally. I can't remember the breed of dog, but it was along the lines of a Grand(Great?) Pyrenees Mountain Dog. Huge dog, well over 120 lbs. Absolutely lovely temperament. Trained hospital dog. He'd go to the hospital, the people would greet him at the entrance, and say "Just leave the dog, she knows her way around."

At the time, our then-poodle, Celeste, she was a bit of a bully, but only to dogs of equal or lesser size. One night Russet took Celeste to the observatory, and the other dog was there. Celeste became a total coward. The dog showed no hostility, but she was SO BIG.

Now I have to tell you a little of the layout of the main building of the observatory. You go in the front entrance, and there's a tiny little sort of mud room, then on the left a living room, on the right a kitchen, continuing right a lab, forward a hallway connecting to the 2.5 meter control room, further down the hall a 4-way intersection. The left goes to the 3.5 meter telescope (my wife's baby), continuing forward there's a room to the left which it the 3.5 meter control room, and the right connector connects to the labs off the kitchen.

On a later trip to the observatory with me and Celeste, the guy was there with the dog. We walked in with Celeste off the leash: she would follow us without the leash. We enter, and as soon as we entered the living room/kitchen area, she froze. She knew the dog was in the 2.5 control room. She immediately turned right, went through the lab - in the dark - to get to the 3.5 control room in order to not be seen passing the 2.5 doorway to avoid the dog!

What a wimp. :-)