It was snowing tonight, so I had gone outside about an hour ago to shovel the snow that had fallen on my driveway. Just when I had almost finished shoveling all of the snow, a dog came running by.
I first wondered whether it wanted to play, so I squatted down and tried to call it to me. It wasn't responding very well; it would run toward me for a bit and then turn away or stop. I kept trying to cajole it forth, with varying degrees of success, but I couldn't close the distance to less than about 6 feet or so. I gave up on the dog and resumed shoveling, but then I thought, it's dark, it's cold, it's snowing, maybe its owner needs some help. After a brief moment of contemplation, the dog did seem to be acting in such a way as to get me to follow it, so I clumped along in foot-thick snow (my shoelaces were untied). After rounding the block, all the while being beckoned along by the dog, I spotted a woman. It turned out that the dog had escaped the backyard and was just playing around. She said it loved the snow.
The dog looked sort of like a blond, very-long-haired chihuahua, though slightly larger. Taller, too. Almost fox-like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Myu_Myu_in_Wiki.JPG <- not exactly like that.
I first wondered whether it wanted to play, so I squatted down and tried to call it to me. It wasn't responding very well; it would run toward me for a bit and then turn away or stop. I kept trying to cajole it forth, with varying degrees of success, but I couldn't close the distance to less than about 6 feet or so. I gave up on the dog and resumed shoveling, but then I thought, it's dark, it's cold, it's snowing, maybe its owner needs some help. After a brief moment of contemplation, the dog did seem to be acting in such a way as to get me to follow it, so I clumped along in foot-thick snow (my shoelaces were untied). After rounding the block, all the while being beckoned along by the dog, I spotted a woman. It turned out that the dog had escaped the backyard and was just playing around. She said it loved the snow.
The dog looked sort of like a blond, very-long-haired chihuahua, though slightly larger. Taller, too. Almost fox-like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Myu_Myu_in_Wiki.JPG <- not exactly like that.
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