Lucy the Guard Dog

My story of the day:

I was sitting at our dining room table working on the laptop when all of a sudden I heard what sounded like someone yelling angrily as they ran by our house. It startled me, so I peeked out the blinds, but didn't see anyone. As soon as she heard the commotion, Lucy started barking and ran to the front door. I tried unsuccessfully to calm her down before she ran into the backyard and started barking again.

Lucy has a tendency to bark in the backyard because both of our neighbors have dogs, so we didn't think too much of it. Eric was calling her back inside, but she refused to come. He went outside to see what she might be barking at and noticed that on one side of the fence two slats had been knocked out. Eric got a hammer and went back out to fix the fence since not only is Lucy a guard dog, but also an escape artist.

When Eric got back outside he heard a voice from behind the adjacent fence. It was a cop! He asked if we had seen anyone run through our backyard. "Uhh...no." Apparently the cop had been chasing a man, hence the yelling. The man ran into one of our neighbor's backyards, jumped the fence, and ended up in our backyard. The cop heard Lucy barking at the guy, which apparently deterred the man from staying in our yard too long. The guy knocked out the slats on the fence that we share with our next door neighbor and climbed into his yard. Escaping into our neighbor's yard was probably even more scary for the guy because they have a couple of large pit bulls. Haha! I would have loved to have seen his face when he met them!

I don't know why the cop was chasing the man and I don't know if he was ever caught, but I sure am proud of my little guard dog. :)