The Resemblance between a Pitbull and a Cow

This one is from June 26, 2012.  In the loving memory of Boogie and Lance, our two babies who passed away at the same day. 


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Our little monster, Lance

My brother and I walked our big dogs yesterday. Armed with a useless water-drinking tool for dogs, and extra bottles of water for our babies, we started our trek toward the treacherous stray dog-infested realm. Imagine us as we started our journey, my brother leading his overweight fighting line pitbull Lance, with me following the rear with my huge overgrown golden retriever, Boogie.

We started out by passing the back streets to avoid cars and other what-nots. Upon the second street, mongrels started barking at Lance, but were too intimidated to approach him so they bullied Boogie, who just stared back. The other dogs were barking frantically, while Kuya was straining to hold back Lance from butchering them, and Boogie looked on the interesting spectacle.

We made it pass the second street without any major events, aside from Boogie taking a huge dump in the middle of the street and my ears still ringing from the barking.

We were then on our way towards the public market. We again passed by the back to avoid people and cars. Halfway upon our path, the stray dogs started yapping at Lance again. This time a bitch approached too near, and Lance immediately lashed out and bit her face. The female dog scampered away, whimpering. This ignited the anger in the dogs, and one of them followed us on our way, relentlessly barking at Lance, sniffing at Boogie, and walking behind our heels. I was getting agitated because the dog is sure to have rabies, and Kuya told me that it's okay and when we get a little further he's going to let Lance devour the dog.


When we were away from the market, the dog came too near for comfort and Lance bit him on his back. The dog was hurt and ran away as well.

Okay, actually, the dogs were not the biggest threat in our walk. It was the Mother Cow.

The four of us were resting on a nearby road, when Kuya noticed a full grown cow inching toward us with her eyes set on Lance. I stood up and led Boogie to the other side of the street to avoid the cow, but the cow stopped in front of Boogie and gazed at him. To my amazement, my golden retriever just.. Stared back! They were locked in a fierce no blinking contest, when the cow sidestepped nearer to Lance, and Lance suddenly attacked. Kuya instinctively held him back by the leash, but in the quiet of the road we heard the "clack clack" - the sound of Lance's teeth as he snapped at the cow. This went on for several minutes, until Kuya and I saw the whole herd of cows approaching us, and we decided to leave.

Were we invading their privacy? I hope not. But the next time we walk there, I'm bringing along a camera to show Lance, Boogie, and the cow, all in the shades of golden brown, as they stand side by side. Perhaps the cow thought that Lance was her missing child, because he's got the build of a cow. Or perhaps she saw Lance nibbling on the grass and she thought, what kind of a cow is that?

Boogie and I, wrestling on the ground.