Don't run!

That was one of my famous sayings when anyone was around Brittany :o) Don't run!!! because you see if you run she will think you are playing with her and she will chase you LOL! Which unfortunately can be pretty scary for a little kid I mean let's face it being chased by any dog is scary but when you have a 170lb dog coming for you that makes it just alittle more upsetting. So whenever the girls would have playmates over or we would have parties I would always from the get-go let the kids know not to run or Brittany will chase you. Unfortunately I couldn't warn everyone especially strangers coming down our street. I remember one incident that still make me chuckle when I think of it though to the kid that was on the receiving end I don't think he thought it was funny at all. For some reason we had Brittany out in the front of the house on her leash - now I wrote a little ways back about how Brittany was never good on the leash which makes me think there had to be a good reason she was out there I just can't think of what it was! Maybe we had just gotten back from somewhere I honestly can't remember but at one point we (Scott and I ) were sitting on our front steps and Brittany was sitting right next to us and Scott was holding her leash - and when I say holding I mean he had the leash around his wrist which he should have known was a no-no cause like I said many times before Brittany loves to chase squirrels and whatnot and if she sees something and you are not prepared you are going for a ride. Well that particular day it wasn't a squirrel or cat that caught her eye but this little chubby kid coming down our street on rollerblades. All of a sudden I saw her ears perk up and she straightened up and before I could say "grab her" she was off and running and unfortunately Scott was attached to her and he was off and running on his butt LOL! and that poor little chubby kid - well I never saw someone rollerblade so fast OMG that kid looked like he was skating for his life and all along I am yelling as loud as I could "she doesn't bite don't be scared"!!! OMG just thinking about that now makes me laugh cause honest I would be scared too if I saw a dog that size coming for me but Brittany was just so happy go lucky and goofy and all she wanted to do was chase the kid down and probably kiss him up when she caught him - luckily it never came to that once Scott was able to gain control she never even got out of the driveway. But lesson learned never "assume" it is ok to just leave Brittany's leash lightly placed around your wrist LOL!

I have to say in Brittany's defense she was never aggressively chasing anyone to hurt them, most likely if she ever did catch anyone it would be to kiss them uncontrollably LOL. And as you can see I said "if" she ever caught anyone because she never did - that big old lug would usually tire out by the time she got to the end of our driveway LOL!