Monday, April 21, 2008

4th Dog In

Alec and Tiffany were down over the weekend and brought their little doggie with them.

Riggins is about 5 months old. He is a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix. This means he goes about 4 pounds soaking wet and has oversized ears that stand straight up and make him look like a baby fox. He quivers too....can't stop him.

As with all small dogs, he has a motor that DOES NOT STOP. I suspect this dog will probably need a daily dose of valium - like 2 grains - as it gets older in order to slow it down.

I have a theory that all dogs think they are the same size....or rather perhaps, size has no bearing on the fight in the dog. I submit "The Dog Park" as an example:

At the dog park,confrontation lurks everywhere. It's all about dominating the other guy. Little dogs puff out their rat-sized ribcages at the big dogs and the large breeds often just slip their tail between their legs and slink off. Laughable. And what is the deal with the CONSTANT butt sniffing? Fortunately we humans opt to shake hands, high five, knuckle it, kiss or hug each other. The whole sniffing thing is far too personal.

Riggins was constantly chasing around our other dogs that outweighed him by 4,40 and 50+ pounds respectively. No matter, he wanted a piece of them and I'm not just talking in a fighting sense.

Riggins (I generally use "Gangsta" spelling: Riggnz)would speed around the backyard so fast that I was afraid we'd lose him in one of Buddy's rather large discharges. A shitty way to go...to be sure. Buddy poops more than any dog I have ever had or have ever seen. Thankfully for us, it took the Budster about a week to be fully potty trained once we brought him home. I believe this is a record. Look it up.

The 4th Dog In is like that chemistry experiment we all did in high school that nearly blew up the lab. Riggins was only one dog and he upped the in-house litter to 4 for a few days, but took the energy level of the dog pack to a new height. Hail Riggins.

Woof

5 comments:

steve said...

my dog Hogan, a German Shorthair, was potty trained in 2 days. Annika, a Weimeraner, was potty trained in 3. What is taking your dogs so long?

susan bunker said...

are ALL your friends highly competitive? how can you stand each other????

Keith A. Runyon said...

Susan,
The answer to your question about competition is YES!!!!! No one likes a loser. Even sleep apnea test results are fair game. As in, "I had more wakeups than you...."

We never stop being little boys. And I'm okay with that.

Keith A. Runyon said...

Steve,
We have one dog that still isn't potty trained and we are going on 3 years now. I believe we are close to a breakthough with his training....soon....soon..

steve said...

they say smaller dogs take longer to potty train. i think it is because they aren't as smart. never had to survive on their hunting skills like larger breeds. susan, how many question marks can you use??????????? i use more....

ha!