Dog bites Pastor

The title of this post is also a text I got from Cari last week.
I was at work, but when I saw this I had to take a break to call her.

I was at work, Cari was out shopping with the kids. The pastor of our church stopped by to drop off some materials.

When Cari got home there was a message on our answering machine from the pastor. He stated that when he came over to drop off the materials our dog bit him.

Initially, Cari was annoyed. Of course the dog bit him, the dog is protecting the house while we are not home. The UPS guy won't even get out of his truck at our house, he just drops packages in the bushes beside the driveway.

Turtle hasn't bitten anyone before, but she does growl and bark if people come into the driveway. I guess most people back away when a dog is growling. Cari wanted to find out if the pastor was ok and also wondered how this happened. She called him.

He said when he was walking up, Turtle growled. He stopped for a moment and let her smell him, and then she walked off. He thought everything was ok so he proceeded to our front door. He had been over maybe twice before, so this was not his first encounter with the dog. Once at the door, the dog came back to him and started growling again, he put his hand down to pet her and she snapped at his hand. He said the bite wasn't too bad, but did break the skin.

That is the pastors side of the story. Turtle saw things a little differently.

A strange man walks up the driveway with a package, maybe a bomb. She must protect her territory. She warned the stranger that she is protecting her territory. He yielded to her warning so she went back to watching bunnies play in the yard. She thought he was going to turn and leave. After the bunnies scampered off, she went back to the front door and saw the stranger. She growled louder this time and barked as she approached him. He may try and leave that bomb on the steps of HER house. The stranger reached out to strike her in the head, but she used her lightening quick reflexes to bite him. He dropped the bomb, screamed, and ran back to the car. After he left, she went back into the yard and found a spot to pee.

Remember. There are always two sides to every story. Yes, this incident is a true story. Thankfully, the bite wasn't too bad, and he did not push the issue.