Scary balloons ruined our walk!

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

Luna and I enjoy our morning strolls.  The temperature is lovely, not too much sun and it's nice and quiet.  It's even better on weekends when daddy can join us!  We stop to enjoy the countryside, smell some flowers... it's generally a relaxing start to our day.

Today we were out for a stroll... and bonus, Luna found one of her friends at the park at the start of her walk!  There was much joyful greeting and some rough housing.

All of a sudden Luna went absolutely rigid, "pointing" at something in the distance and barking a VERY ferocious bark.  I look over and what is it?  

Something like this:  Party balloons floating away from a house.

Apparently according to Luna... UFOs are extremely dangerous and not to be taken lightly.  It gets stranger... Luna LOVES seeing flying birds and likes to think she can catch them.  She usually gets very excited and tries to chase them, especially big birds like crows and seagulls.  She has made multiple attempts to catch red-breasted robins on the wing since they fly so low.

What did she do about the balloons?  Barked at them viciously then tried to RUN back towards our house.  Thankfully DH had a firm grip on her leash, we've never seen her pull so hard!  She was absolutely TERRIFIED of those scary ballons!

I'm pretty sure she wanted to do find her way back to her bed and do this:

The rest of the walk Luna's tail was halfway between her legs and stiff.  I guess she saw something sinister about those balloons...Luna has never been a courageous dog, but you'd think at the age of 3 she would be a bit more confident!

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

You know what she really hates too?  Those inflatable Christmas and Hallowe'en decorations that have become popular the last few years.  She seems to think they're trying to kill her.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

That would have scared JD, too! Anything on a lawn that he thinks shouldn't be there. 

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

Little chicken got another scare yesterday... this time it was a VERY scary little tent someone had put up on their front lawn, presumably for "camping" for their kids. :p

Silly Luna.

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

aw Luna!  you are just too sweet!  I love that first picture of her laying in the grass

[Barbara B., Sasha & Oliver]

Awww poor Luna.... I hope she forgets about those scary balloons.   BTW she is just so darn cute :)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Awww....poor Luna.  I'm sure they do seem pretty strange to a dog.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Luca was terrified of balloons as a puppy. He did bark at some not too long ago so I guess he still is. Tell Luna we understand.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Poor, sweet girl! What a momentous event for her. I hope those balloons have left the vicinity for good!

[DJ & Chance]

Oh poor Luna. I wonder what Luna saw through her dog eyes?  Chance gets spooked sometimes by garden ornaments on our walks, and I always wonder how his little brain is interpreting them!

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

She's such a little chicken :p

A few weeks ago she spooked at a VERY scary advertisement sign by the road.  It took me a few minutes of convincing to get her to approach it.

In general she's very cautious, she won't even jump into a pool to go swimming.  She will only climb in at the ladder and only if someone is there to help her in.