Oct 29 2008
No Trick-Or-Treaters
Each year I buy about five large bags of candy for Halloween. I always buy the candy that we like because we usually have to eat it all. The kids in the neighborhood do not come to our house for trick-or-treat. The reason they do not come to our house is simple. The whole neighborhood is afraid of our dogs. There are three of them, they are all big, and they bark and growl. I think there is a competition between the dogs to see who can scare visitors the most. Of course with one of them being a pit that is reason enough to be scared. When people find out Coca is a pit-bull they will not even get out of their car. So each Halloween I put all the candy in a large bowl and put it on the front porch. If it is not too cold I will sit on the porch and wait for the kids. If it is cold then I wait in the living room. I always have decorations leading up to the door, candles burning, and the light on. I make it as welcome as I possible can but it is no use. The few times kids came they were new to the neighborhood and did not know about the dogs. The dogs are always shut up inside the house but they still scare the kids. One year I put up a baby gate to keep them in the den but they broke it down and came rushing to the front door. The kids ran off screaming as if the devil himself was after them. If the kids only knew the dogs just want to play with them. They love kids so much and will not hurt them.
I hope it is different this year but I suppose we will be eating a lot of Snickers, Mike and Ike, and M & M’s.
