Dogs of the Neighborhood

Since I walk Hannah the dog every day, I have gotten to know the dogs in the neighborhood. Here's a brief precis of each one. 

Let me introduce you to my friends!

Phoebe and Petra (The Poodles) - Two adorable white miniature poodles who live next door. They never stop barking, but they're cute. Our neighbors have been trying to train them to STFU, but it seems like a process that will never work, if I'm honest. They're really sweet, actually, just loud.

Luna - Luna is a husky/German shepherd mix who lives a block away. Her person, Gina, has never had a dog before, and I think Luna is quite a handful for her. She's about the same size and build as Hannah, but she has thick white fur and blue eyes and is gorgeous. I try not to let Hannah hang out with Luna because they egg each other on into bad behavior. 

Maggie - Maggie is a cockapoo puppy who is about eight months old. Her person, Kay, used to have another cockapoo who died unexpectedly (and when she was pretty young). Kay used to pick up the former dog and cross the street whenever she saw me and Hannah coming, but she's been more friendly with this new dog. I think it's because she saw Hannah playing nicely with Phoebe and Petra and realized that Hannah's pretty good with smaller dogs.

Lucy and Chucky - Lucy and Chucky live next to Luna. Lucy is a Doberman with bad ACLs and Chucky is an elderly dachshund. Lucy LOVES Hannah and Chucky just wants me to pet him. They are really nice to have in the neighborhood.

Fat Yellow Lab - I don't know this guy's name. He appeared last summer and he was SO FAT. I think he must have been a rescue because his person has been walking him regularly ever since and now he's just Lab fat, not SO FAT. I don't know the person or where they live, but I see them walking a lot.

Coal - Black Lab who is allowed off leash all the time. Hannah desperately wants to play with him, but he's mostly interested in getting pets from people. He's old, sweet, and I sometimes walk by his house just on the off chance he's out so Hannah can hang with a dog.

Skinny old guy - The first neighborhood dog Hannah had an interaction with was this skinny old dog (he's maybe a Saluki - I don't know - he's long-legged and skinny). His owner told me that he's super old and just doesn't GAF about anything. I think he's the most walked dog in the neighborhood. It's rare that I'm out with Hannah that I don't see him.  

Muppet - There's a dog a couple of blocks away that looks like a Muppet. He's really badly behaved (I had to help save Phoebe and Petra the poodles from him once when he got away from his owner), is always barking his fool head off inside the house, and I want to save him and get him training and exercise. 

Poor pitbulls next door - They're not really next door, but next to next door is a rental house with a tiny dog kennel in the yard and they keep their poor pitty out there all the time. He barks at Hannah, but he's wagging his tail and I know he just wants to play with her. If I want to save the Muppet, I am actively attempting to figure out a rescue plan for this guy.  Meanwhile, I've seen the owner with a new puppy pitbull, walking off leash with him in the last couple of weeks. If anyone doesn't need a second dog, it's this guy.

Evil Spaniels - There are two Cavalier King Charles spaniels who live on our block. They are mean.  Real mean. I despise them. Hannah wants to kill them. The day that Dr. BB broke his collarbone, I had to take Hannah for a walk when we got back from the hospital and the spaniels were running all over the place because their fence was unlatched. I basically pleaded for help from a neighbor to hold Hannah's leash while I corralled the dumb spaniels who tried to bite me repeatedly. I eventually got them in their yard and moved on with my life, but they bark and growl and are distinctly unpleasant. 

Dogs on the corner - Past the poodles and across the street there's some folks who I call "the new people," although they moved in not much after us. They don't clear their sidewalks and they have two dogs that I never see because they have a fenced in yard, but they bark at Hannah most days.

Golden retriever across the street - This guy is always jumping up so we can see his little head over the fence. He desperately wants to play with Hannah and I desperately want him to. 

Chihuahua across the street - This tiny little dog never stops barking. Poor thing. He's regularly on a lead outside the door. We actually rarely cross the street, so I don't know if Hannah's ever noticed him (she is remarkably unmoved by other dogs when they're barking), but I feel kind of bad for this neurotic dog who never shuts up.

My best attempt at a neighborhood map. Ha. I'm clearly a genius with graphics.