I think as long as I’ve lived and no matter where I have lived there have always been stray dogs wandering about that occasionally end up in your yard. Typically I would say that this is a rare and very much uninvited event, because dogs carry disease, could bite you, and can even damage your property. Having been in Akron for two years now I have seen my fair share of stray dogs.

We had one dog that followed Patty home. She asked if she could keep it, and I said no. Later we found out that the dog belonged to a family a few houses down. The dog came loose again a few times. They were really horrible at taking care of the dog and eventually sold it to some other family.

We had another dog that was down the street for the longest time and when the kids would walk that way to see any of their friends the dog would run up to them and sort of block their path. They were afraid of that dog, so that was rather unpleasant. I never personally saw the dog, and when I’d walk with the kids it never came out.

There was one dog that used to pace up and down the street. There have been several dogs that stopped traffic crossing the street. This all brings us to this dog. This dog apparently wandered into our backyard and wouldn’t leave. He apparently tried getting inside and kept everyone trapped inside the house for a while. I was sleeping so I didn’t take this picture or see any of this.

Grandma called the police who showed up and tried coaxing the dog into the car. My Grandma kept calling this dog a pit bull. I don’t know if it is or not, but it doesn’t look like it. I don’t know that much about dogs though. The owner drove past just in time to claim his dog and so this story has sort of a happy ending. I hope he takes better care of his dog this time.

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