Act of Kindness:  As usual, Zuzu (pictured) and I were at the dog park at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Cedar Park yesterday. He runs around out there like a crazy man for an hour or so every other day so that his extra energy isn’t spent making confetti of our valuables.

There was a catahoula out there who couldn’t keep his eyes off of Zuzu. He’s so purty.

When it came time for the catahoula’s daddy to leave, that dog wanted no part of it. He started running into the lake and running out again, letting his daddy know exactly how clumsy and slow we 2-leggers are. I tried helping round up the puppy but he was wise to both of us and eluded our best efforts.
Between two sections of the dog park there are double gates to prevent stray dogs from going through when you are going through with your dog. The gentleman went over to the double gates and opened one of them, hoping to coax his dog in and thus be trapped. Well, that dog was wise to this trick as well.

Since he was so enraptured with Zuzu, I had Zuzu go stand in the double gate trap (yes, I know there’s a word for it, but I can’t for the life of me remember it) and he stayed put with the catahoula’s daddy. I then went to the other side of the dog and gently encouraged him toward Zuzu. I was so proud of Zuzu who wanted nothing better than to run off and bark until all Cedar Park knew his name- he stayed put.

The catahoula finally couldn’t resist Zuzu’s charm and went into the trap. His daddy caught him and leashed him. What could have been an hour or more chase to get the dog to go home was shortened to a few minutes.

How do you know Terri: I met Terri when I joined her small group at HCBC. She immediately made me and my wife feel very welcome.

Birthday Message to Terri:  I certainly thought of you before helping this guy out.  I will be honest, stuff like this happens at the dog park all the time and I don’t help out all of the time, but this was a fun, sily little act of kindness that I thought you would appreciate  🙂

Aaron