Hello from Puppy Dog - Defending the Den

Hello Friends!

I am on my cushion, not allowed to move.  I am being punished for going after the Postman.

But - come on!  I bark a short warning at everyone who comes up onto the porch and then they usually say "Hello!" nicely and my Mama and Dada say hello and then I can sniff them and greet them and we are all friends.

But the Postman guy just isn't like that.

He sneaks up the stairs without making noise and I can smell his fear.

When an animal is approaching you and they are scared it's because they are about to attack you so you had better attack first - all dogs know that!  It was one of the first thing my birth mother told me and my litter.

So I barked and jumped at the screen door and it came open and so I ran onto the porch and the Postman started screaming at me and swung his bag at me and Mama chased me and the Postman yelled so I got scared and I barked at him and then I ran around him and Mama grabbed me and pulled me back from him and he kept shouting and screaming and swinging his bag and Mama dragged me in the house and the Postman yelled "I'M SO SICK OF THAT DAMN DOG!" and walked away and Mama slammed the front door and sent me to my bed and told me I had to stay.  She yelled at me, too!

It's not fair!

I'M so sick of that damn sneaky Postman coming up to my den on his tippy toes.  

Why doesn't he walk normally so we know someone is coming up from the street?  There are 14 steps up to our house - I'd be much more relaxed if I had earlier warning.

Why doesn't he just say hello so I can hear he has a nice, friendly voice?

Why doesn't he put his hand at the screen, palm down and let me sniff him so we can make friends?

But no, he sneaks around, I bark, and I am the bad guy.

It's not fair!

If someone sneaks up to you, do you like it?  

He's lucky we don't live in the South - he'd probably get shot.

Lots of licks and woofs, 

Puppy Dog