Once upon a time there was this little dog named Shelby. She wanted so much to prove her worth to her family by alerting them to all things concerned. She would bark to let them know that Hunter had roamed out of her reach or off the property. Whenever a bird, chipmunk, or even the human next door would appear in her sight, she would alert her family so they could do something about it. Sometimes they would, like call Hunter back, but other times they wouldn't for some reason or another she could never understand.One day, Shelby was feeling a little too excited and for some reason felt that she need to test her family's reaction time, so she waited until her mom went down in the basement to do laundry.
"Growl! Bark! Bark! Bark!" exclaimed Shelby. Up the stairs her mom would run to see what was wrong.
"There's nothing out there, Shelby." Her mom said and went back down the stairs.
A few minutes would pass, "Growl! Bark! Bark! Bark! Growl!" exclaimed Shelby again. Back up the stairs ran her mom. Again there was nothing and back down the stairs she would go.
Shelby looked out the living room window again and saw the farmer across the road walking to his barn and began to alert her family. "Growl! Bark! Bark! Bark! Growl! Bark! Bark! Bark!" Nothing. Mom didn't come up the stairs. She decided to try again. "Growl! Bark! Bark! Bark! Growl!" Still no reaction. She began to get frantic. The farmer was moving across the street and her mom wasn't even coming to check it out. What could she do? Shelby was frantic. Finally, her mom came back up the stairs, but didn't come to check why Shelby was barking. Shelby looked back out the window. The farmer was gone!
Shelby learned a valuable lesson that morning. If you want to be believed you can't cry human if there's no human, because when there is one, no one will believe you.
True Story!
Poor puppy, she's trying so hard to keep you all safe.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pain, I feel that I have to go check it out whenever Abby alerts on something. One day it just might be the axe murderer coming to get me! So far, it has not.
That's so cute. I love animal stories. Shelby seems like a good little watch dog, even if she is a little trickster.
ReplyDeleteMy Ginger is a nonbarker, usually. Only once in awhile will she give a big woof when someone comes to the door. Despite her unbarkability, she still is a good watch dog. We have full length windows, in both of our doors (we live a ways off the road) so she can see when anyone is coming. She'll start dancing around and wagging her tail for all she's worth when she spies someone.