Among the 100+ stories I have about Bronco, this is one of the shorter ones. However, it is an amusing one. At the time our Leonberger Bronco was still young and somewhat misbehaved. We also had a well-behaved older female German Shepherd, Baby, who loved Bronco very much.
On this occasion I was walking Bronco and Baby. We met a man and his dog walking on the other side of the street, heading toward us. Bronco started barking at the dog, and the other dog responded. Both dogs worked themselves up into a frenzy. Bronco began pulling on his leash and even jumping. Baby remained quiet. But with all his carrying on, Bronco accidentally bumped Baby into a storm drain, which we happened to be standing right in front of.
To save Baby, I lay on my stomach and grabbed her around her abdomen with one arm—all while holding Bronco’s leash with my other hand. He continued pulling, jumping, and barking as I gradually dragged Baby up out of the drain. The guy on the other side of the street looked at us with big eyes, as if he had seen an evil clown peering out from the storm drain. He lifted his dog up in his arms and ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, Bronco had calmed down, and I was able to drag Baby back onto the street. She loved Bronco, but after this incident she showed us in her own way that she’d rather not take her walks with him. We respected her wishes, and I walked them separately from that point on.
Leonberger Life 
This time you were the savior, Thomas 😉
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Yes I did pretty good didn’t I
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Poor Baby!!
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Yes she really took care of Bronco when he was a puppy and then he became bigger than her and somewhat annoying
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I miss Baby! She was so sweet!
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Yes we miss her too. She was so protective of Bronco. I am soon going to post about that by the way.
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This is the first time I’ve heard this story. Poor Baby! I’d be hesitant to take walks with Bronco too. 🙂 Glad it came to no more harm than it did, though.
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I keep telling some stories over and over but there are many more. But this situation might be the weirdest I’ve been in. I think this story could have gone viral if caught on candid camera.
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Yes. Especially the guy, who might have been of help, ran off.
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Yes you are right he might have been able to help. However, he had a dog himself. My guess is that he might have thought about it for a second but then decided to run.
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With this comment I just wanted to make sure to tell you that on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble you can find my book “The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle” as an e-book as well as the printed edition. You can search for the book by searching for the title, or my name “Thomas Wikman”, or the ISBN number for printed edition: 978-0998084954 or the ASIN number for the e-book edition: B0B5NN32SR.
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Ha! Glad that story had a happy ending! Poor Baby!
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Thank you Theresa. Yes Baby was not happy about that event.
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