The Cheapest Act of Kindness Could Pay Off Someday

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Some time ago, it was late one fateful evening - I was seeing off a female friend (a soldier by profession) who came visiting.

From just a couple of blocks down my street came this well-fed and fierce looking Alsatian Dog - ran out from a gated compound and was coming after us with so much rage.

Before I'll say 'jack', my Soldier friend ran and left me. In that split second, I could decipher that: joining her in running was not an option, cause both of us wouldn't outrun the Dog.

Therefore, someone had to stand back and receive what the Dog has to offer, which is obviously a bite.
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So I just stood still, probably because I was with a Babe, cause I didn't even act like I was a little scared, though I was.

Lo and behold, the Dog got to me and halted like a car Learner: stepping on the brake pad for the first time. And instead of a bite, he began sniffing me from my foot up to my groin - wagging his tail until someone came out from the gate and summoned him, and he quickly ran back into the compound.

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Then my runaway friend appeared from the blue;

"If this Dog had bite me eh!.. I would've shot him to death", she said.

And I was like:
"Well done Madam Soldier. After you ran and left me to be bitten".

Though I wouldn't have forgiven myself if the Dog had bitten her, because I was the reason she found herself walking on my Street, that evening.
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So on my way back (after I was done seeing her off), I was still pondering on what transpired for the Dog not to have bitten me.

Com'on, they say, "A barking Dog doesn't bite". But in this case, the Dog wasn't barking. He just came after us.

Then I remembered a couple of months ago, prior to that incident, I was strolling down my street and a Puppy came out from that same compound. He was so adorable, I couldn't just pass by without saying 'Hi'.

And I did spend some minutes with him - patting his head and running my fingers down his fur. Thereafter, I put him into the compound and closed the gate.

"So this is obviously the same Dog", I said to myself. But I couldn't tell of the possibility for the Dog to have still recognised me.

Then I got into some research work, instead of assumptions.
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Obviously, it's no secret, Dogs have an amazing sense of smell. But a lot of people are still under-informed of the degree to which a Dog can sense through a smell.
Actually, the average human being has a nose which contains only 3% of the number of odor analyzing cells that can be found in the nose of a Dog. Not to mention the Bloodhound breed, and even the little Beagle, which both has a more higher odor analyzing cells than other breeds.
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And these cells found in the nose of Dogs are more sensitive to pick up pheromones (the chemicals unique to each animal species that advertise mating readiness), and even in humans too.
Dogs could clearly perceive the chemical (pheromones) that your body unconsciously emit whenever you come in contact with your Crush. That means your Dog (if you have one) would know who you're crushing on, if he or she comes around you.

Then I clearly understood what attracted a Dog to come after us that night. Bae was obviously emitting pheromones, hehehe.
If so, maybe it means the Dog got the wrong guy, that's why he didn't bite?, or maybe there is more to it.
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Finally, after further findings, I also learnt that Dogs associate the human's scent with positive experience. That association makes for a strong emotional bond, as your smell becomes a pleasant aromatic for him.
Wow!, that means: that Dog obviously didn't recognise me, but rather he perceived the act of kindness I showed to him when he was a puppy, just as he approached me that night.
I've always known that even the cheapest act of kindness could pay off someday.
But who would've known: it could pay in so many ways.