Gator Bug, The Demon Dog
Gator, the youngest of our three puppers, is the most likely to instigate an escape. We don’t know for sure how old she is. She came to us eight years ago an abandoned street dog. She followed my husband and the other two one day as they took their morning walk. She followed in front of them—she always has to be first! She looked back every now and then to make sure they were still there! When everyone came inside she tried to push under the fence. Not wanting her to get hurt, my husband opened the gate. (He’s such a softie.) She was still a puppy only a few months old. She ran inside and jumped up on the sofa with a smug look as if to say “I’m home!” Having two “children” already, we did not want another. I put posters around the neighborhood. I went door to door trying to find where she belonged. In the meantime, the spunky little jack mix kept jumping into the lake, running through the sawgrass and refusing to come when called. We kept saying she was “gator bait”. We didn’t want to name her. We did not want to become attached. We already had two happy dogs. We did not want three. The name stuck. (I have since changed it to Gator Bug. I don’t want her name to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.) A large white shepherd named Hoss lives across the street. She likes to visit Hoss to steal his rawhide bones. He doesn’t seem to mind. She then brings them home and tries to hide her “treasures” from her brother and sister. Problem is, she gives away her hiding places because she then stands guard over them for hours. She’s not smart enough to hire a lookout! Gator has several "treasures" hidden all over our half acre. She still won’t come when called. She is an independent little street dog that allows us to feed her. However, if I ignore her completely she will come running for my attention! You could say she is Lori’s dog. She is short. She is stocky. She is independent and a bit self-centered.
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