Beware of Dog

Most Koreans live in apartments, which influences their taste in pets. From what I can tell, cats aren't common, and any dogs they have tend to be small enough to fit in a teacup. Big dogs are very rare, and as a result they tend to be terrifying to Koreans. One of my fellow footballers has a good-sized rottweiler, who scares the crap out of the natives at the field, despite being a very friendly dog.

A rottweiler is one thing, but the fear reached hilarious proportions yesterday. Laura and I were out walking her dog, Genny. Laura rescued Genny from a shelter a few months ago. Genny had a lot of problems with her hip joints and could barely walk, but with Laura's care she's now running around very well. As you can see, she's hardly a giant, snarling beast:



Anyway, Genny ran up to say hello to a group of four Korean teenage boys. As she approached, two of them straight BOLTED in a full-on, flailing, screaming, spaghetti-armed sprint around the corner. I guess they won't be dialing 867-5309 any time soon.

I wished I had been able to tell them they were significantly less brave than the two 8-year-old girls who were enthralled with Genny a few days ago.