When we were living in Valencia, Earl was such a timid and shy dog and he never liked to leave the house. We had to forcibly pull him on his leash whenever we had to take him out of the house. However, the flight from the US to the Philippines must have done something to him or maybe its all the male testosterone flowing through the house from the guards and the drivers downstairs, but Earl has become Mr. Tough Guy. He thought he was so tough he escaped from the front gate and tried to approach a pit bull. Well the pit bull was having none of it, he caught Earl at the top of his head and just under his mouth. Luckily, we were able to separate them and Earl made it out okay, but he has two wounds that need to heal. Man, what a way to disspell the tough guy image!