Beware of Vicious (cough, hack, wheeze, gag) Dog

Even though Petey is almost 16 human years old and has quite the grey head, he can still muster a vicious bark.  The kind that communicates that he'll rip your head off right here, right now.  It has always been amusing to me because he's so small.  The victims of this ferocity are much larger than him and could just punt him away.  So far none have.  Most are amused and go on about their business.  This was demonstrated most recently last week.

Our neighbor whose driveway is next to ours is out of town.  A woman that Petey never has liked came by to feed the cat.  (That may be why Petey doesn't like her.) Petey began his most vicious rant against her.  I (Lori) was in the house and John was outside.  Initially, I didn't do anything because I knew John would have the situation in hand.

The barking continued and seemed to get worse, so I decided to investigate.  When I went out on the back porch.  I saw John in our driveway with an amused look on his face.  This woman in the neighbor's driveway going about her business and Petey in our driveway giving the woman a good barking. Just about that time, Petey got strangled.

He turned around with his back to the woman.  He began to cough, hack, wheeze and gag worthy of a 911 call.  This went on for several seconds if not a minute or more.  BUT, as soon as Petey had cleared the pipes, he once again turned around and resumed his verbal assault of the woman.

The three humans had a big laugh and Petey was a little bewildered as to the humor. The woman actually offered Petey a treat after all of that.  Of course he snubbed her and the treat.  Who does she think she is being nice to him after all of that!

 I sorely wished that I had videoed the encounter.  I'm sure it would have gone viral on you-tube.