Yellow moments
Most people on the outside don’t understand the beauty of Loca. Not that she isn’t a beautiful dog – for a black lab she is an elegant and lithe picture of beauty. And smart – there is no dog that I have ever had that comes close to being a smart as she is – maybe Sam but Sam was a curmudgeon. Loca is also a card carrying clown. She gets down and army crawls – she has goofy faces – and she never ceases to entertain us. She’s lightning quick, she has boundless energy, and she is the most affectionate animal I have ever known.
But Loca has yellow moments. Or at least that is the name that my mother in law has ascribed to them. Yellow moments is a Croatian term for just not being yourself. And Loca has these. She is a 99% perfect dog, except for these moments when she over carries her protection of me and the family to the utmost test – and becomes Ms. Aggressive.
Because these moments are unpredictable, it makes some people think that Loca is crazy. But she’s not. She’s actually saner than most people I know, except during these yellow moments.