{"id":981,"date":"2012-09-09T18:51:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T22:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=981"},"modified":"2012-09-09T18:51:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T22:51:27","slug":"toto-lina-and-the-boxer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2012\/09\/09\/toto-lina-and-the-boxer\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto, Lina and the Boxer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday mornings always seem to hold something special for me.\u00a0 Today we got out on our walk only to meet up with the Boxer.\u00a0 It\u2019s not unusual, we always seem to meet up with the Boxer but it hasn\u2019t always been pleasant.<\/p>\n

By now you should all know that Lina and Toto are my two rescue dogs originally from Little Rock Arkansas.\u00a0 We had a rough start but thanks to our dear Uncle Shawn (www.dogsareeasy.com<\/a>) we have a pretty nice life.\u00a0 Except for a few minor, occasional, OK maybe more than occasional, run-ins with another dog we\u2019re pretty well adjusted.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong it\u2019s mostly a lot of noise but we seldom get close enough to find out what really might happen\u2026Until now.<\/p>\n

We see the Boxer and her owner almost every morning.\u00a0 If I say good morning, in that singing kind of way that annoys the entire world, we usually don\u2019t even hear a peep out of my girls and all is well.\u00a0 Shawn made it perfectly clear that every time I say \u201cOh shit\u201d in my head it goes right down the leash and everybody\u2019s on alert. It\u2019s true, I know it\u2019s me.<\/p>\n

So sometime last week we gave it a try.\u00a0 I put the girls behind me and said hello to the Boxer.\u00a0 She is a sweet thing and pretty skittish too having been bitten by a few dogs herself.\u00a0 Ok, who\u2019s tail is wagging the hardest, of course Toto.\u00a0 She is the more social of my two, the more trusting, the least afraid.\u00a0 Lina\u2019s just hangin behind Mama doing the big shake.\u00a0 Ok honey you stay there.\u00a0 So Toto says hello to the Boxer\u2019s owner.\u00a0 At this point I still don\u2019t know anyone\u2019s name.\u00a0 She does her best aren\u2019t-I-the-cutest-thing-you\u2019ve-ever-seen and all is good.\u00a0 Now for the Boxer introduction; I let the leash slack just a bit and they were nose to nose tails wagging furiously and Lina stayed right behind me doing the big shake. \u00a0I move to the side and Lina tries to lunge.\u00a0 No chance of that happening, I have some of the strongest arms and shoulders you will ever meet.\u00a0 I can\u2019t thank the Boxer and her owner enough for their patience and for being kind enough to try.<\/p>\n

The days pass, there are no further meet ups but there are also no further incidents from opposite sides of the street.\u00a0 I\u2019m calling this a true win.\u00a0 I\u2019m thrilled.\u00a0 Then several days later we\u2019re coming down the street and out of the side street come the Boxer and her owner and another person with a Pit puppy.\u00a0 Now you know I said \u201cOh shit\u201d in my head but the funniest thing happened.\u00a0 Toto, Lina and the Boxer did the lunge.\u00a0 Oh no, we\u2019ve corrupted the Boxer.\u00a0 The Pit gets dragged around the corner (I remember full well what that is like) and calm comes over the block.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s Sunday morning and we\u2019re on our way to do the loop.\u00a0 Here come the Boxer and her owner towards us.\u00a0 Ok this is new (I did not say Oh shit in my head, I know you were thinking it) so let\u2019s see how we do.\u00a0 We both come to a stop with our dogs behind us.\u00a0 Toto does the first peek around (I know you\u2019re shocked by that) and goes right up to the Boxer\u2019s owner, tail wagging, sitting waiting to be petted.\u00a0 Lina is still behind me doing the big shake.\u00a0 The Boxer makes her way around her owner and here we are again, nose to nose and my Toto starts crying she\u2019s so damn happy.\u00a0 It\u2019s what she does, just a bit embarrassing but ok it\u2019s better than the lunge.\u00a0 Lina, she\u2019s still behind me doing the big shake.\u00a0 Now we\u2019re actually having a conversation right on the corner of Stowe Lane, I can\u2019t contain myself I\u2019m so damn happy.\u00a0 Let\u2019s try bringing Lina into the mix, Toto is calm and playing, she takes her cues from Toto so what\u2019s the worst that can happen.\u00a0 She wants to lunge, put her in sit.\u00a0 Talk some more, try it again, she tries to lunge.\u00a0 Her tail is wagging a million miles an hour but all I can hear in my head this time is Shawn telling me not to be fooled.\u00a0 She may be wagging her tail but she might just be happy because she wants to bite someone.\u00a0 I never mess with Shawn\u2019s words of wisdom so back in sit, behind me she goes.\u00a0 Thankfully she\u2019s no longer doing the big shake, I\u2019m calling that progress. We talk a bit more and Steve (finally introduced ourselves) is a really patient guy and I am so grateful that he\u2019s willing to help me get these girls over their last hump.\u00a0 He assures me that they will be fine and before he goes on his way I ask him what his Boxer\u2019s name his.<\/p>\n

Her name is Karma.\u00a0 Of course it is.<\/p>\n

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