The Dog Days of Summer?

My niece's dog loves to run. That is not normally an issue unless he makes a successful dash for freedom. He doesn't get out often, but when he does the neighbors quickly tire of him.

After a few days of good weather I was preparing to take off for a short ride on the fixie tonight before the predicted wet few days predicted when I was pressed into service to retrieve the dog. I grabbed his favorite squeak toy and pedaled around the neighborhood making funny squeaky sounds. He wasn't falling for it. He'd run by, look, and keep right on running. The game finally ended when he spotted a neighbor's cat. The cat and dog played cat and mouse until the cat was cornered. The dog lost some blood via a scratch to the nose in the close encounter before treeing the cat..... and pausing just long enough looking up for me to grab his collar. The dog was wishing I hadn't caught him, the cat was wishing he had a few friends to help him out, and I got 4 miles in.

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