That isn't cool

The epitome of my worst nightmares all rolled up into one occurred today.

Imagine being on the phone talking to someone you love and suddenly all hell breaks loose.

There is screaming shouting, snarling, growling, barking,  horrific sounds of things going wrong and I can't see what it is.

Not wanting to make things worse I am silent. Listening. Trying to make sense of what I hear.

And then there is silence punctuated by brief gasps that I hope is my friend.

I finally speak and there is no response!

I do not want to panic, because panicking now would serve none of us, but I feel helpless. Do I hang up and try to call emergency services in a far away town? That will take forever, but what else do I do?

Finally a voice says, "I'll call you back."

And he does. It turns out he was walking his dog on a leash in a neighborhood park when a woman and dog entered the park on the other side and her dog, off leash, tore across the park and attacked his dog!

She did nothing except stand where she was, saying. "No."

My friend tried several things and finally ended up kicking the dog in the head over and over to save his dog.

The woman never came over, but her dog finally went back to her. And my friend? He is much more in control and gentlemanly than I would have been. He yelled over at her, "That isn't cool!" And she said nothing.

He is okay. His dog is okay, but we were all seriously shaken up.