OMFG!
So, I am at home tonight and I get my wash together and as I am heading to the garage to pop the clothes in the washer, Chino FREAKS out.. She starts barking and barking and scratching at the side of out storage barn.. Pepper starts chomping on his ball crazy like... They usually do this when a cat is around, so I just say.. "where is the cat? You gonna eat the cat?" So, I load the laundry and as I pass the storgae barn, Chino is still going crazy.. So, I take a peek in the door.. No Cat. I go inside and as I am trying to watch TV, I hear this super loud motor. I walk outside, with my remote still in hand, and see a helicopter buzzing over head. It is literally circling me. I start to kick the ball to Pepper.. and I stare up at this helicopter for like 5 minutes. I finally decide to go in and continue with my TV watching. 30 or so minutes later, I go outside to change the wash to the dryer, and Chino follows me out and starts barking at the storage barn again. I keep walking toward the laundry room when I hear a faint conversation in the yard behind ours. As I am reloading the wash, the dogs barking gets really loud and I came out to investigate. As I got to Chino, I saw a man's head peak over the fence that separates our yard from the neighbor, The guy asked if I saw anyone cut through the yard. This seemed strange to me, I only saw his head and didn't know who he was. I asked if he was a police officer, and he said YEAH. I told him I didn't see anyone, but the dogs were freaking out over the storage barn. The policeman asked if I would let the cops in the front so they could look around. I went out to the front to let them know I had to get a key. As I was walking into the back yard, the policeman that was in the other yard told me to go inside. All my dogs were out and they were all freaking out, so I wanted to collect them before I went in. Just as I tried to grab Mocha, a GANG BANGER emerged from the storage barn. The policeman in the other yard yelled FREEZE.. GUNS WERE DRAWN. the gang banger stutter stepped and made a mad dash passed me toward the front yard. The guns, for a small second, were pointed at ME! All I kept saying was OH MY GOD OH MY GOD..
I started to shake.. word got to the back, that the police that were waiting to be let in the front gate , caught the guy... I was/am totally freaking out that.. Minus the camera, I was on a cops episode.. FOR REALS!
A few observations (if I may):
- Pepper hid, while Chino and Mo protected mommy and tore after the intruder
- I often wondered what I would do if a cop said FREEZE.. well, the cop wasn't talking to me, but I froze
- guns in your face are scary
- being in a cops episode wouldn't be as cool as it seems
- I need to listen when my pups are trying to tell me something.. I could learn something from Timmy and Lassie