On the topic of home safety

There's a loose pitbull and young lab, who were trying to get through my southern fence (bordering Loni's property) when I first spotted them. They are now running around the corner of Donald and Allyson. I called it into Animal Control, then made a call to our community office (hoping they might know the owners and could call them to corral their dogs) only to be told "oh yeah, I saw that pit running around loose yesterday".

Update: Animal control has the dogs now.

*headdesk*

Karma thy name is Gracie

Last week we bought a new dog toy, a faux fleece stuffed elephant, figured Flash would get a kick out of it. The little fuzzy elephant makes a delightful trumpeting noise when you squeeze it or in a dog's case, bite it. For whatever reason, this trumpet scares Flash so badly he'll jump off of furniture and even leave the room to get away from it.

Cue Gracie. Her little border collie brain just figured out the above and she's been gnashing down on the elephant all evening. Flash has been jumping sideways and slinking away from his demented sister, giving us guilt-inducing reproachful looks ever since.

The power dynamic of the pack just slid sideways.