It's not a joke, but a true story:
Returning from a walk through an almost empty park in the evening my husband and I decided to practise the recall command with Lorelei. We stayed at opposite sides of the lawn, called her and rewarded when she came running - a standard exercise, which went fine. Suddenly, when she was close to me, she changed the direction and to my horror I noticed a toddler running towards her, waving his hands and screaming loudly, uttering a kind of piercing sound, which only the under two-year-old can make.. I was 100% sure Lorka wouldn't hurt him (she loves kids), but her warm 'welcome' might give a shock to the parents, not to mention the boy...
Luckily, I managed to step on the leash in time and stoped her about 3-4 meters in front of the child. Nobody but me noticed the few-second incident - it looked as if the dog ran and suddenly stopped. Only when Lorka was under full control did I look at the boy's family, and I realised the grandfather (?) looked familiar... it was our Minister of Defence with his family.... and a few bodyguards, of course
I can imagine all the potential tabloid headings "The Minister's grandson attacked by a dangerous wolf!"
Weren't we lucky?
Our lesson: when the park seems to be empty, there may be 'dangerous ministers' walking there!
