the previous installments to the series are linked below

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Sunday 24th
Karl just presented me with our biggest challenge yet – Karl chases cars, and even more worrying people on motorcycles and 4-wheelers. I’m upset about this new development, angry because he may be killed and scared because he may be killed. Even though I live in a fairly isolated area, it is also a place people come to, to get away from everyone else. On a weekend there are cars, and trucks driving by at three or four an hour, or more.

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is this a contrite Karl? naw... (image by Krazy Uncle)

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I first learned of his penchant for the chase while we were hanging on the front porch, me imbibing an adult beverage and him running around the front yard. Then down the road came a truck followed by another, and… uh… oh… Karl starts to run for the driveway. I was able to call him back before he got out of the yard, but this is a serious signal of a potentially deadly problem. Then two people drove by on 4-wheelers and the problem was confirmed, no amount of voice commands were able to stop Karl. By the time I got to him he was across the road, sniffing dirt.

I was mad and scared, I didn’t know how far he would set chase to the guys on the 4-wheelers they weren’t going that fast, but there he was across the road. I called him to me and we started down the driveway, then a guy on a dirt bike rode by and one again Karl took off, over my strenuous objections!

So, now I’m on the net trying to figure out what to do. This is not good, I will not be able to keep Karl in the house when I’m gone. I’m pretty sure my landlord doesn’t want him in the house ever, but with Karl being such a good boy with me around, I have no worries he will in any way be harmful to anything in the house, let alone the house itself. My boss/landlord is in the area several times a week, they use my yard to store heavy equipment during seeding, and harvest. He knows I have a dog – he told me about Karl in the first place – so if he doesn’t see Karl he will know what’s going on. Leaving him in the house when I’m gone is out of the question. And, right now I don’t have the money for any kind of special collars, I need a job first.

So, here we are, a great little dog I may find in a heap one day, in the road, when I come home. I’m a bit down right now, and maybe a bit melodramatic I hope that’s all it is. damn…

Stay tuned…

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To see what you’ve missed so far here are the links to the previous installments.
The Stray Dog part 1: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog
The Stray Dog part 2: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-2
The Stray Dog part 3: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/stray-dog-part-3
The Stray Dog part 4: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-4
The Stray Dog part 5: https://steemit.com/dogs/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-5
The Stray Dog part 6: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-6
The Stray Dog part 7: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-7
The Stray Dog part 8: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-8
The Stray Dog part 9 https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-9
Stray Dog part 10: https://steemit.com/dog/@krazyuncle/the-stray-dog-part-10