Beware of Dog

A long time ago I knew a fellow with a huge Queen of England Line yellow Labrador Retriever named "Charter". This dog was as large as a Great Dane, must have weighed a hundred and fifty pounds. He was by no means a vicious animal, just large and strong and not comprehending his own strength. We were warned when we visited that Charter would be "rough" when he greeted us upon our arrival at "his" lakefront home. His owner actually suggested we roll up in a ball if he knocked us down to let him "burn off some steam" while figuring out who we were. I was confident I could handle him because I had grown up with a one hundred ten pound Flat-coated Retriever who was pretty dominant in his own right. Man, was I ever wrong. This dog outweighed me at the time and knocked me down like a bowling pin. Then, to show his "affection", Charter stomped on me a few times, with my thinking at the time being the big boy was just trying to make sure I was dead. I survived my encounter with this monster whose owner insisted that he is "just friendly and a gentle giant". Dogs are man's best friend, but with a pup like Charter, you really do not need enemies.