Under Stey's house, which is over water, there is a small platform. There is a nice looking red dog that lives on the platform, he is on a short chain. Anytime anybody walks by he barks and snarls viciously, his lips curl back from his teeth, he looks like he will attack. I stopped and talked with the dog awhile; "good dog", "I am not going to hurt you", "it's OK" etc, the dog calmed down, but if I made movements he snarled again. If Stey is there he will just yell at the dog and it will stop growling, he usually sits above the dog on a deck. The dog is crazy, driven crazy. I do not know enough about dog's to help calm it down or to get it back into a civilized behavior. I see sometimes that it wags its tail when the kids walk by, I even saw it try to play once. When ever I make a movement though it growls and prepares to snap.
I agree with the idea that the dog has been driven crazy. I must admit that I love the furry things so I may be speaking from my heart. Your description was insightful when you said “I see sometimes that it wags its tail when the kids walk by, I even saw it try to play once.” It was so vivid that I found I could picture the fellow in my mind – very moving.
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