Evil Christmas Lights

[Sally M]

The other day I opened a cardboard box that came in the mail. The noise scared Penny. She's really getting weird lately. When I took the makeup mirror out of the box, it became her worst enemy and she barked at it something fierce. I was holding it in my hand and it freaked her out.

That's nothing compared to the Christmas lights. We bought one of those red/green laser light contraptions that put spots on your house. We stuck the thing in our yard and well, Penny didn't take too kindly to it. It's not very big...about the size of a blow dryer.

In the dark, Penny spotted this thing right away. OMD, she gave it a good barking! She was close enough that Penny's cream colored coat had green and red dots all over it. My DH and I couldn't stop laughing. What's green and red and cream all over? A wonky Goldendoodle! We have 1/4 of an acre and she finds a small item and "attacks" it. I mean, really? Not once but twice! We moved it after first putting it in the ground so I assume since it was in a different place, Penny felt she should defend herself again since it wasn't where it was originally.

I don't know how to describe this bark. It's a loud, fast, high-pitched fearful bark almost as if she was barking at something/someone that is animated. Normally this is Penny's stranger-danger bark. So I assume this Christmas light projection thing was a stranger to her.

To make matters worse, this morning when we let her outside, she went directly to the light. She then pulled it out of the ground and threw it on its side. I assume Penny thought she killed this "intruder".

This will probably start all over again, tonight, when we put it back in the ground and turn it on.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Oh Penny, you are such a good dog protecting your family from this evil! Keep up the good work. Just, for their sakes, don't pee on it.