Location: Brownie's Beach Park, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
Saturday, 4/12/14
Temperature: A pleasant and mild 65º
Diagram:
Unit 1: Dog #1, black lab
Unit 2: Dog #2, yellow lab
Unit 3: Arlo
Unit 4: Me
Unit 5: Male Owner of #1, Yellow shirt, shorts. Prep-school like demeanor.
Unit 6: Female Owner of #1, Tank-top. mid 30s Looked well-educated.
Unit 7: Male Owner of #2, 50s?, wearing a lot of clothing
Unit 8: Female Owner of #2, indistinct older female, no notable characteristics
Object 9: Driftwood wedding arch with sign reading "Wedding. 12:00-2:00 Be Considerate"
Object 10: Bridge made out of driftwood by me several weeks earlier
Object 11: Bridge made by town
Object 12: Stream from swamp to the bay
Description:
Owners of Unit 1 and Unit 2 allowed Unit 1 and Unit 2 to play. Unit 1 and Unit 2 utilized olfactory glands on each others' posteriors. Owners each agreed that the dogs would play and that they were both friendly. After several moments Unit 2 left the area and proceeded to the woods. "He's got a lot of puppy in him" was Unit 5's explanation of this behavior. Unit 2 soon returned and chased Unit 1 in a circle several times around Units 5-8, who became increasingly upset. Unit 2 began issuing growling noises and Units 5-6 (Owners of Unit 1) insisted that Unit 7 (Male owner of Unit 2) "Get your fucking dog [...] You pussy. [...] You don't know how to handle your dog. You've had it two weeks and you don't know a thing about that dog." This language increased in intensity. Owners of Unit 2 then took Unit 2 and left the scene, proceeding down the beach.
Several minutes later, owners of Unit 2 returned to the scene and confronted owners of Unit 1. Use of obscenity continued as the two couples walked back up the hill and as Units 7-8...returned to their residence. Turns out they live next door to us.