Anybody remember the Malcolm in the Middle episode where Reese joined a dog pack and started acting like a dog? The mailman showed up and Reese went to the window and started shouting, “Who are you? You don’t live here?! Go away! Go! Go! Go!” Exactly like a barking dog. I think all those kids were underappreciated as actors. Although they’re each worth like $10 million now. So okay, happy ending.
Thanks! I was remembering it wrong as “Go!” but 'What!" is a lot better.
I have a dog and a five year old. The dog will, indeed, engage with the mail person; he won’t bark, but he’ll stand at the window and kind of huff.
One time, he did so and my child also ran over to the window, asking something like “who is that?!” I jokingly suggested that the kid could help the dog to defend the property.
Since then, whenever the kid notices anyone unexpected on the porch, they run to the window going “huff! Huff!” I haven’t seen any delivery people react yet, but I have to wonder what they think.
I had a mini schnauzer who liked to bark (aka, couldn’t help himself… he tried his best though, he was a darn good boy). But the mailman was, by far, his favorite to bork at through the window
My boy got out the front door one day (cold weather would cause the door to not latch properly) and ran across a busy street
The mailman was driving by, pulled over, grabbed him out from the middle of the road, and knocked on my door to bring him back (he recognized my dog from the window). I woke up to the knocking, bleary-eyed and confused, trying to figure out why my dog was being delivered to me. It took a second to put the pieces together, but I’ve never been so thankful… it was a very busy road and could have been tragic
My dog still barked through the window at this guy, as much as ever… but it was definitely now absolutely, his favorite “stranger” to bark at. That dog loved mail-time forever more lol
