Bad, bad, bad day at the Farm store

Mr. Wrekker needed some junk of some sort (I swear he goes there for fun), from this store.
Luckily,
as you’ll see Son-of-a-wrek, rides along.
Think Tractor-supply type place.
Big box.
Lots of aisles with fun things for man or beast.

As usual Dillon the Villain goes. If that truck starts he is in it.

As a dog he has virtually no good manners and minds no one.
He’s not mean. He’s just looking for a good time.
He’s well past being old enough to know better, he’s just still too young to care. At. All.

They allow dogs in this store. The first mistake.
Mr. Wrek and Son don’t leash him. 2nd mistake.
Dillon has been there 100s of times. He feels at home there. 3rd mistake.

The staff know he is gonna steal dog treats from the open bins.
They know he’s gonna run up and down aisles looking for…who knows? Maybe a friendly dog to chase with.

Remember this: “chase me, it’s my favorite game” is tattooed on Dillons soul.

He barks the whole time he’s running.

Well, to get to the end before the tale of The Incident, Mr.Wrekker got removed from the stupid farm store. He’s not trespassed, permanently. But Dillon is. (He will be missed by the staff, well maybe).

Anyway. Dillon walks in normally. A step behind his master. Son says, as soon as they cleared the foyer, Dillon took off. Like a dog on a mission.

He ran straight to the baby chicks and barked. Those chicks will never grow up right, now. Permanently scarred. Then he knocked over a great stack of those gas canister thing for camping. (Imagine that sound)
Pushed a dog food bag on to the floor and ate dog food til Son caught up with him.
He did his play pose, and barked. We all know that really means “catch me if you can!”

He saw a kid. And ran to her barking. Freaking the kid out and her Mom (who called the police).
Son is on his heels but can’t actually catch him and Dillon dang sure ain’t coming willingly.

He runs to the dog section again, steals treats and his now running with a full bully stick(a long chew stick about 3ft long). Knocking things off shelves.
Son got ahold of that and they had a brief rasslin’ match.
Dog won. The stick breaks and he is off with just half of it hangin’ out his mouth.

Son saw him heading to the front. He’s screaming “Stop that dog”
Staff are chasing.

The Mom of the kid screams “He was gonna bite my baby” Son yells at her “he doesn’t bite”
Remember she called the law.

Son is chasing a dog in to the cluthches of 2 nervous cops. With weapons. And erroneous info.
He’s thinking “well, someone is gonna die today”

Just as they get to the check out area, Son sees a cop pull a tazer. He just went for it and dove and caught Dillon by the back leg and and tackled while hollering “don’t shoot”.

No shots were fired.
Son got the dog outside. He said he never saw a happier dog, trotting tail up, smiling with his stolen and bent bully stick still in his mouth.

Mr. Wrekker was given a stern talking to. The store manager didn’t go as far as trespassing him. Just Dillon.
He’ll have to pay for the damages.

The police gave him the standard “dogs on leashes in the city limits” talk. They didn’t cite him. Should have.

I knew he took the dog in there. I assumed he had him leashed or I would’ve warned him.

Dillon has never been reliable or calm unless under strict control. Mr.Wrek ain’t got no time for that crap. He just accepts him how he is.
Now he knows not everyone accepts unruly dogs.

I’m just thankful the Goat Lady wasn’t in the store, at the time. I can’t imagine the carnage. Gahhh!

My goodness. How much are the damages?

We don’t know yet. They’re gonna send a bill.

Son-of-a-wrek says is was a right mess.
I forgot he *pee’d allover the cat food section.

That Dog!

(Oops, the dog *pee’d not the Son)

I laughed out loud, Beck. Thanks, I needed that!

Can’t wait til the bill comes. Just one question: “what was Mr. Wrekker thinking?”

Absolutely WTF were they thinking? This is completely on them, bringing an un-leashed un-trained dog into a store. Fuck that, not funny.

And I love dogs.

I love your stories, Beck! You really could put them all together in a book! Your stories always remind me of Shirley Jackson’s Life Among the Savages.

What species of dog is Dillon? IIRC, he’s some kind of hound, maybe a beagle. Hounds are typically not very bright because they’re valued for their scent-tracking skillz and aren’t bred to be able to do any other useful tasks. I’m sure your beloved Bayliss would never have misbehaved like that!

ETA: One would normally have a dog on a leash in premises that allow dogs, but I admit that I used to take my Bernese Mountain Dog to a video store (an independent, not a chain, with all kinds of hard-to-find videos, and I think they still exist today) whose owners loved dogs and even set out a bowl of water and treats for them. I let him wander around unleashed and as an intelligent dog he was harmless. I loved it when a couple of customers commented, seeing him at the end of an aisle, “What a beautiful dog – look at that smile!”. He looked just like my avatar.

Oh no. Dillon is a very rare Carolina Dog. :thinking:

Don’t bother looking it up. The site is full of woo-ish reasons why they are nearly(maybe related to, no genetics I understood) Dingo dogs.

He is yellow with some white. Bright black eyes, with eyeliner and eyelashes the girls fawn over.
And a constantly waving tail.
About 50lbs of bravado.

His bark is wolf like and loud. No yips or yaps. Full bore barks.
He does howl at things. Kinda eerie sounding.

Yes yes. I know it’s the humans fault.

I totally agree.
Still I rolled in the floor and laughed. Til I cried.

No one was hurt except Mr.Wreks pocket book.

Dog had a blast.

I have no idea if there’s any relationship to dingos, but according to some quick Googling, the Carolina Dog is a hound, which explains everything, as per my previous post! :smiley:

He was meant to be a hunting dog.
Mr.Wrek keeps a beagle kennel, Dillon was supposed to be the leader of the pack. Sighting prey and turn the beagle digs towards it.

It never worked out. He thought the beagles were chasing him for fun.
And never shut up barking, scaring the prey away. Big no-no.

Since, Mr.Wrek has taken him on as his personal pet( :scream:)
He goes on the boat when he fishes. I cannot tell you the many times he’s been in the lake. Or pulled Mr.Wrek in behind him.
He has caused much havoc at the lake house.

He’s a mess.

(Bayliss would never be in that situation. I trust that dog with my life, but you just never know. Best not cause the problem.)

This is Me, summed up neatly.

Don’t need to; my BIL (and sister, of course) had one. (ETA: a rescue.) Lovely dog, and much missed; but BIL sometimes needed to literally land on top of her, when they first got her.

He used to take her to college classes and office with him. She behaved very nicely. But he had trained the hell out of her and she was generally on leash.

Whatever Dillon is, mutt or purebred rare Carolina dog.
He makes me laugh.
He’s the clown in the room. Seeks out attention.

And, happy. He’s just happy. I love that about him.

Bad, bad, bad Dog, in the best way!

To be fair, it sounds like there was some psychological trauma to the child and mother. Calling the police seems over the top, but not having been there, it’s hard to judge. The thing is, they had no way of knowing that Dillon was harmless, even if Son said he was. I mean, I wouldn’t trust anyone idiotic enough to bring an unleashed dog into a tractor supply store (or any store for that matter, though as your tale illustrates, the goods at a tractor supply store might be especially enticing - I love going to ours).

This kind of thing is top of mind for me as there is a lawsuit against the condo where my husband used to live - he is still on the association board, so has all the details. I’ve seen the footage from the security camera. The incident in question happened at the elevator lobby. A man and his dog were waiting for the elevator, and when it arrived and the doors slid open, a mother pushing a stroller began to exit. The dog inexplicably lunged at the babe in the stroller and bit him. Luckily not too seriously, but the child did need a couple of stitches.

It sounds like Dillon wouldn’t do that, but unfamiliar dogs can be very scary.

Sounds like the police and the store manager were extremely lenient with Mr. Wrekker. Is he a charmer?

Not even a little bit.

I’m dying because of irresponsible dog owners.

And I’m grieving … hard … for mine … put down on the 9th.

My choice to read this OP, but … what a gut punch to read this today.

For want of a five dollar leash and a nickel’s worth of sense to use it …

If it were my store, none of them would ever see the inside of it again.

Agree.
Not everyone likes pets in stores but if they are well behaved and leashed I can deal with it.
A dog running unleashed through a store could create potentially life threatening injuries for some people. Falls, bruising, etc.

That is some grade A Asshole behavior (the human owners). That dog needs to get taken away and possibly put down if it’s that out of control. The owners should not have pets, they are irresponsible and honestly pieces of shit for enabling this.

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This is a personal attack, and those are not allowed on this Board except in the Pit. If you cannot express your opinions in a way appropriate to this forum, then I suggest you not post in this forum at all. You know where the Pit is if you wish to let fly. Don’t do this again.

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