60-year-old neighbor saves homeowner's dog, burying the hatchet between them: 'I had written him off as the classic cranky guy'

Sometimes, the people you think are out to get you are actually the ones you want to have by your side.

This homeowner assumed that their 60-year-old neighbor, Ron, was a cranky curmudgeon because, well, he very much fit the caricature of that type. But it turns out that the homeowner was fully projecting an image of who Ron might be based on media depictions of the nosy old guys next door. Instead, he ended up being incredibly grateful to have someone like Ron watching the neighborhood like a hawk.