Rap, I like your wife!

Another animal that is sometimes nerve-rattling is Canis lupus familiaris.

I used to hike in back country a great deal. Many homes sported one dog or more that took exception to my passing.

I used the method that Henry Thoreau advised: I dropped to one knee and in the most authoritative voice I could manage, I called the dog to me. They made a lot of noise from a distance but none ever approached me.

As Thoreau said, dogs have no reason to obey a stranger.