Woof Woof = Don't Tase Me Bro!

So many of you have had the pleasure of being assaulted by our 50 lb mut Walnut. Ceasar Millan AKA the Dog Whisperer would probably classify this little guy as VERY high energy but we love him all the same. He has been great with the baby but I think having the baby around changed his routin and he wasn't a big fan.

"Can we go to the park Dad?"

Every day I used to take Walnut to the dog park where he could run and play with the other dogs and he LOVES it. Walnut is probably the second fastest dog out there with only the Greyhounds able to out run him when he gets going. Seriously, I know everyone thinks their dog is the fastest of their kid is the smartest but this is not one of those times. If you have ever let my dog outside in our yard and tried to catch him (ROD) you realize that there is no hope. Walnut is Taliban trained (he's from Beihrut) and just like Osama Bin Laden, if he doesn't want to get caught, he's not going to get caught.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!!

So we hadn't been to the park for awhile so I brought the beast. Everything was going fine, he was playing and enjoying himself in the snow and then it was time to leave. Usually I just have to walk to the door of the park and he's by my side ready to go home but this time he wasn't there...he was sitting in the middle of the park. One by one his play buddies left and there we were, at a veritable Mexican stand off, 20 degrees out, I'm starving and there is absolutely NO WAY I'm catching him.

After about 20 minutes of trying I'm so fed up that I just left him at the dog park. Now its only a 3 minute drive from the park to our house so I figured I'd go home, get some dinner, and come back with some treats and hopefully by then he'd be dying to come home. So I ate dinner with Annie and Eoin and headed back to the park.

As I pulled into the park I realized there were two cars in the parking lot. I thought, "Great - these guys are going to think I'm a terrible Dog father." As I pulled in closed I realized they weren't just regular cars...they were a Southington Police car and a Southington Animal Control van!

So there these two cops are, chasing my dog around the park! Other than the fact I thought they'd call DDF (Department of Dogs and Familes) it was a hilarious site. Turns out Walnut was barking so a neighbor called them and they had been chasing him for 15 minutes with absolutely no luck.

Then one of the cops had an idea. He un-holstered his Taser and pointed it at Walnut. "Get ready to grab him."

Seriously? You're going to Tase my dog? I could see the look in Walnut's eyes...just like the guy in this video:

Don't Tase Me Bro!

OK...so he didn't tase him, he tried to get him to chase the red light from the laser target dealy on the Taser.

15 minutes later we were able to lure Walnut into captivity using a much more conventional method...treats

So that is the story about how my dog almost got tased by the Southington Police...what a week!