Dog Walker's Pet Rottweiler Scares Off Ultra-Orthodox Election Campaigners

A street drug addict, known to locals for a decade for begging at traffic lights near a park, was displaced by a group of five ultra-Orthodox men campaigning for an upcoming election. The author, who was dog-sitting a Belgian Shepherd named Rajik, encountered the addict regularly, as Rajik would attempt to attack him. On a recent walk, the author and Rajik found the usual beggar replaced by the campaigners who were approaching cars and handing out leaflets. Rajik, accustomed to confronting the beggar, began barking aggressively at the ultra-Orthodox men. Frightened by the large dog, the campaigners cursed at the author and Rajik before retreating to a nearby street. The drug addict, grateful for the intervention, bought the author a bottle of beer as a thank you, calling the author and Rajik "princess and dragon" who had saved him. The author reflected that "some men could learn from this."