Social pariah - thanks to my Dog!

I was soo mad at my dog yesterday!

Dont let this cute face fool you, Im a bad dog!

As you know I have just moved to Cape Town and I am finding it difficult to make new friends, especially when out walking the dog (this used to be a surefire method). The weather was fine yesterday afternoon so we went to the beach where there were lots of seagulls about for him  to chase after and we had not gone far before he was a wet, sandy happy mess. I noticed another cocker spaniel also walking on the beach with a couple. This dog is called Daisy, she is a young spaniel, somewhat smaller than mine and almost as adorable.

I have seen Daisy on the beach on a couple of occasions but never had a chance to chat with her owners cos we are always going in opposite directions. But yesterday we were walking together and I was soon chatting away with Daisy's mum and thinking that I might finally have found a friend when it all went horribly wrong!

Where are those sea gulls?

Daisy comes up to us and drops her ball in front of us. So I stupidly give her ball a kick for her. Hero then comes tearing up out of nowhere (any ball I throw or kick belongs to him see) and pounces on the ball a fraction of a second before Daisy does. Well, all hell broke loose at this point as the two of them climb into each other, or more accurately Hero climbs into Daisy. Seriously he nearly had her belly up in the surf by the time I caught up to them. I pulled him off and applied my boot to his ass (not that he felt it). Neither dog is injured but poor Daisy has had the fright of her life and is now barking hysterically at Hero every time he gets close. Shame Daisy's dad was pretty understanding about it and he was trying to get the two dogs to make-up (unsuccessfully) but you could see Daisy's mom couldnt wait to put as much distance as possible between us and her baby. Somehow I dont think we will be seeing much of them in the future and invites to socialise or go on walks together are clearly not going to be forthcoming.

So thank you Hero for making sure that I turn into a recluse with no friends!