October Friday the 13 th

They love that shit over here , Halloween , Friday the 13 th , the day of the dead and bad luck charms . Horror story’s and myths are part of the American psych. To me it was just another day . Day 2 in the dog walking venture . Sure it’s an inauspicious day but what really could go wrong ?I get the request and you beauty it’s a 1 hour walk 5 ks from home worth $18 . I’m more relaxed today ( fuckn shouldn’t have been) as I arrive in Redondo Beach to pick Lucky up . Fuck , Lucky on Friday the 13th , can there be a bigger Oman? I waltz up to the front door and finger through my check off list , yep all good . Oh shit I didn’t get the code for the lock box .A fault of the app is you can’t retreat back to look over certain steps and I’d jumped the important access bit .Id already notified WAG and the owner of Lucky that I had arrived .I had to ring WAG and admit my error , the thing is it took me 15 minutes to get an answer , now I’m fucking border line late .This is the moment I have lost my composure and have not read some important tips from previous walkers .Big mistake !I get inside and close the door , there’s classical music playing and Lucky is sitting in a cage in a dark alcove at the foot of stairs . She’s a border collie type breed , a bit like Lassie .All cool ,I call her name and cruise over to the cage , she’s growling and barking and is petrified. I get low and look away and offer the back of my hand , I’ve got the lead in the other hand . I slowly unhook the cage door and back off 2 feet ( big fucking mistake!)She eases to the opening and then jumps out at full speed and charges towards the front door .Fuck!!!!! The door is not clipped close it’s just resting against the jam . In an instant Lucky has opened the door with her nose and she’s out on the front lawn . Fuckn geezuz I’m dead and so is Lucky . The fence is low , about 80cm and Lucky can bound over at any minute , we are just 30 m from the busiest road in the Southbay . She’s barking and growling at me and pacing along the fence line .5 of the longest minutes have passed by and I’ve done everything I can to coax her over , she’s not having a bar or me . Oh fuck I’m nearly crying now . Sorry God for not believing you and all but for christs sake help me now . I go to the gate and pretend to leave . Lucky heads to the front door in a closed in porch area . I’ve got Lucky cornered now .I get down low and slide up on my side reassuring her all the way . I show her the lead and inch within touching distance . She then launches in an attempt to jump over me , I try and block her and she bites my hand and makes it back to the front lawn.The bitch has drawn blood but it’s the least of my concern and I’m deciding which truck to jump in front of once Lucky has chosen hers .Its seriously fuckn perilous now as she mounts the fence with her front paws looking for an exit . I quickly jump the fence 1st and that’s when she makes a 2nd attempt to get back inside . This time I’m back and I corner her up against the door . Lucky , this is your lucky day cause youre clipped and we are going walking ! Totally flustered I lock up and realise I’ve left my cap and sunnies inside. Howie don’t you dare go back , keep fucking walking Lucky girl . I didn’t put the bandana on her to get the $1 money shot , she didn’t like that at all . Ok Lucky we’l leave that today.I made sure she did the miles as I needed every yard to calm down .After getting back and gently putting her in the cage I realised she’d pissed all over the porch. Fuck , I’ve gotta cover this up . The owners will know something’s gone down .Theres nothing here but a hose . Too much water will be an obvious cover up . I take my shirt off and wet it with the hose and then scrub the urine stains off . As I do my report the previous walkers notes indicate she has made the same mistake ,but she had the door closed and it took her 5 minutes to corner Lucky in the house before clipping her on.Hmmmm , it’s interesting that certain dogs have had different walkers , now I’m starting to see it . When Lucky comes up again I might be busy .Friday the 13 th……. true?