Don't Let Your Guard Down

Yesterday, nothing much was happening when the UPS truck came by our house. I was up in my room when the woman delivering the packages left one on our doorstep. When I went down to get it, I made sure the door was mostly shut, but I didn't shut it enough for it to actually click in to place. I figured that since I was just going to get the box off the porch, and Mason was good about not door dashing, it would be fine. However, right as I was getting the box, that's exactly what he did.
He pushed the door open, and was off the porch before I realized what happened. Luckily, I managed to get the door shut before our other dog, Scout, who loves to door dash, followed Mason's lead. At this point, Mason found the UPS worker, who was in the process of getting back in to her truck. He proceeded to give her the greeting he gives to all of our house guests. This consists of jumping on the person, grabbing his or her shirt sleve in his mouth like it's a toy, and getting verry vocal. Also, if it happens to be a woman with a purse, he'll usually attempt to take it from her shoulder.
Anyway, I went down the driveway, and got him off her before he got too excited, and I managed to get both him and the package I'd just gone through all that trouble for in to the house. Luckily, this person was extremely understanding. However, that's not allways the case. Sometimes, if people see a dog racing towards them, they may panic and end up injurring the dog before putting any thought in to it. Also, there are plenty of other dangers involved with our 4 legged friends escaping from our homes. Therefore, I'd have to say that the lesson I learned from this is to never let your guard down. You could regret it in the end.