sPike Saves a Puppy!!!

This morning as sPike and I were walking along 18 mile a small white puppy (one of those yappy curly haired small creatures) came running across the street towards us. This was heralded by many screeching brakes and cars coming to dead stops. The puppy was followed by a little girl about 11 years old who was screaming and crying "Stop Lilly". She was followed by her father, a fairly good sized man who was yelling at her to stop running as he came charging across the street through the traffic. sPike and I stopped and the puppy began to run towards and back and forth in front of sPike looking to play, I believe, but not getting close enough for me to grab her. A man on a bicycle stopped and tried to grab the dog and fell down into the grass and mud, a motorist got out of his car and attempted to grab the dog but kept missing. Traffic was at a standstill. sPike was calm and just watched the puppy in his casual way as the puppy got closer and closer. I told the little girl to take off her jacket (a puffy purple wintry thing) and to throw it over her dog because the dog was so small and her jacket would cover it. She tried and missed a couple of times but on the third attempt covered the puppy and all was well. sPike was so patient and kind and did not make any aggressive moves toward the puppy so I think he was a hero!!! Traffic then moved on, the girl and her puppy went home and sPike and I continued our walk.