Posts in Category: The Sabbatical Year

Canine Capers

One would think I was fishing for comments with a panel about waking sleeping dogs.  Next time I encounter snoozing dogs I will not wake them willingly.  I was surprised to see them as I rounded a corner.  But now I will always have a nice mental image of almost being eaten when I hear the idiom “let sleeping dogs lie”.

Overall the dogs here are well-behaved and pretty innocuous.  They just seem to get in scuffles when one least expects it, surprising everyone.  The only threat is the pack of wild dogs that live near the village garbage dump.  I think their numbers are so great they could cause trouble if they wanted to.  I’ve taken to running with rocks in my hands in case I encounter any of them.  Not that my underdeveloped runner’s arms would hurl the stones hard enough to do any damage.  Maybe the dogs would get confused when the dust from the stone that fell near their feet got in their eyes.

Enjoy.