Hero Dog Stops Truck Theft!!

This is our old dog, Shadow. We have had her since she was about 6 months old. She's now about 11 yrs old. She looks to be a Belgian Shepherd, but we don't know for sure. We just know that she's a bit nutty. She goes bonkers at the slightest hint of thunder, fireworks, or a loud cough. Recently, she's abandoned digging UNDER the fence in favor of eating THROUGH the fence. I keep a supply of fence pickets and Quickrete in the garage for just such emergencies.

Last night, though, she proved her worth and may have justified the cost of all those fence repairs.

About 4:30 AM, Shadow's incessant barking woke me up. Chuy, our 100-lb lab, was asleep in The Boy's Room (as usual). I walked downstairs, turning on lights as I went. The barking stopped.

Since I had a 7AM meeting, I stayed up, got ready for work, and walked out the door around 5:30.

When I got in my truck, I noticed old parking receipts all over the floor. How odd, I thought. These are usually stored in a compartment in the visor. Then I tried to put the key in the ignition and found this:

Someone had tried to steal my truck! The Beast! My 3 1/2 Tons of Black Fury! How DARE they!

We called the sheriff and filed a report. The deputy said two other F250 diesels were hit in the neighborhood between 4:00am and 5:00am this morning. He said it looked like they were startled and left the job 1/2 done.

Evidently, Shadow was barking at the thieves. When the comotion woke me up, the thieves ran off when the lights came on in the house. Good dog, Shadow!

No, they didn't get my truck, but they did get my K.I.T.T. Knight Rider GPS. Rats.

Today, I got the truck fixed (I used a screw driver to start it). Then I installed motion lights by the driveway, and bought The Club for my truck.

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