Bulldog Story

Evan stayed with us for a while yesterday afternoon while his mama and daddy played tennis in Macon. After school we went riding through all the mud puddles on the Mule and eventually wound up at his house. We spotted a white bulldog curled up on the front porch and since we didn' t know the dog we decided to head on back to our house. When Billy got home we went out to eat supper and then out to the horse auction for Evan to see the horses. He climbed the fences, played in the dirt and was amazed by the big horses. By this time it was around 7:30 so we headed home to take a bath. By the time we got home he was starting to fade and began to get a bit grumpy. He wanted his milk, refused to take a bath and then just sat on the floor snuffling. Billy and I tried to tease him out of it and finally I suggested we go to his house thinking he might go to bed if he was at his own house. So, Evan and I headed over to his house. When we drove up to the carport we saw the white bulldog again. Unfortunately, this time, she blocked the only door I had a key to. I tried honking the horn, yelling at her then waited for our dogs to get there thinking they would run her off. Well no....they liked her. Evan said the dogs were friends. I finally got out of the car and slowly approached the dog but as I got closer she started to growl. I quickly got back in the car. Evan and I discussed what we should do and he said, "We need Granddaddy!" So, we headed back to get Granddaddy. Billy said he would take the gun over and shoot it to scare the dog away. While Billy was getting the gun, I talked to Evan about how loud the gun would be when Granddaddy shot it and told him we would put our hands over our ears when he did so we wouldn't get scared. Evan promptly put his hands over his ears and kept them that way all the way back to his house. He and I stayed back in the car while Grandaddy drove the truck up to the carport. He got out and tried to scare the dog away without the gun first. The dog didn't budge. Finally he decide he would go around back and come on the screen porch and scare the dog away from inside. That finally worked. The dog ran off around the house. Evan, of course was watching the whole thing and when we finally got out of the car he said, "Granddaddy a tough man!" He and I decided to stay at his house while Granddaddy came home. He told Granddaddy he would "protect" me! So we snuggled on the couch, flew fire engines in the sky and sang "Snap, snap, crocodile fishing!" until mama and daddy got home!