Carter and Sarge awe neighbor in a joint act of Bravery!
By Tara Cargill, March 2007

My name is Tara and I'm a neighbor of Virginia's. For anyone that has seen the Chihuahua video on YouTube of Durham playing with Carter and Cadie, the Chihuahua is my dog. I'm writing because I want to tell a little story about Carter and Sarge. We have a wood stove so when it's time to empty the ashes we fill the big metal bucket and leave it outside overnight then dump it when it's cooled. Well the other day I was heading out behind the cabin to dump the bucket and I came face to face with a wolf. Not a coyote but a wolf. Big thing with long legs but scrawny as can be. Not knowing what to do I started calling for my husband who was sleeping at the time and I was right outside his window. Typical male though, didn't hear me at all, but within seconds Carter came around the corner did not hesitate for a second and placed himself between me and the wolf.

I have never in my life seen a dog so angry and protective; he wasn't budging, his fur was up, his teeth - well let's just say I would've counted them all. He was growling, the wolf was growling, and I had no clue what to do. Do you run? Do you stand still? I started yelling louder for my husband but yet again the man who says he is my hero just kept sleeping. The next thing I knew, Sarge came around the other side of the house on the other side of the wolf and started the same as Carter, teeth bared and growling. I think the wolf had a pretty good idea at this point he had better leave so he took off across the creek. I had to grab both dogs because they were ready to go after it.

These two dogs are truly my heroes I don't know what I would have done without them there, but I believe I was meant to be lunch for that wolf. I told Virginia and Peter when I go shopping next Carter and Sarge are getting the biggest juiciest steaks I can find, and that won't remotely let them know how grateful I am for the boys being there for me. They are truly the best natured dogs I have ever met. They play with my Chihuahua every day and Durham loves it. They carry him in their mouths and he ends up all slimy covered in drool, but they don't ever hurt him. To see them play is truly hilarious. When my kids walk down to the bus in the morning if the dogs are out, they follow the kids down to the bus and sit beside them. But the funny thing is they never cross the road but sit and watch them get on the bus. And it's only when they are all on the bus that the dogs get up and go back up to the house. It's such a great feeling knowing I have these loving protective guardians watching over me and my kids.

Tara Cargill, Hillsburgh Ontario

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