Dixie encountering the trash truck

WE WERE AT THE DOG PARK

Dixie got a dose of the trash truck today when we took our morning walk down the lane. She'd never before seen or heard the trash truck, and the beeps, crashes, slams and other sounds unsettled (scared?) her.

I had to hold her back, as she seemed to want to protect me from the truck. Still, it was obvious that she was scared of it.

She looked that way long after the truck was out of sight; she could still hear it, of course.

It reminded me of the first time Lady (now deceased) met the trash truck in 2013.

Still, I have to admit that Lady's reaction was much stronger. She reacted to trucks, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers, weed whackers and more. And she pulled violently toward them.

Other entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!