There were three in the litter and all of them were beautiful. When we arrived, a couple was adopting one of the three. We fell in love with the others immediately and ended up coming home with two, Leah and Lilly. Bodie is happy to have new recruits in the Catican and has already begun training them (primarily not to take his toys while he is playing with them).
We've got a few other things going on right now, so we have scheduled a gathering of the College of Cardinals a few weeks hence to select a new Maximum Leader. When we begin the Conclave, you will see black smoke arise on the sidebar of this blog until we have chosen one, which will be heralded by white smoke. In the meantime, the Catican Guards will continue their training and will maintain a respectful and preparatory posture in the Catican Compound.
Which means a lot of playing with toys, eating crunchy food and running about in joy.
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| Leah is the one looking at the camera. She has very long legs. Lilly, looking away from the camera, has more Chihuahua-like features. |
They are darling. I'm sure they will make excellent guards for the new Maximum Leader.
ReplyDeleteMy wife was not a dog person when we got married. And, as it happens, I was traveling a lot at the time and was between dogs. As my new bride and I settled in, I noticed a local ad for beagle puppies. When I raised it with my new wife, she pooh-poohed the idea. No way were were getting a dog. Dogs were "too much overhead".
ReplyDeleteI agreed. Then I suggested, "But for fun, let's just go look." Heh.
Lieutenant Mr. Dog, the Samurai Space Beagle, rode home on her lap.
Much cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat was the chihuahua mixed with in this case? Leah looks kind of terrier-like.
Tim, we were told it was Pomeranian, but I don't believe that for a second. They just don't have the look and Leah shows signs she might hit 10-12 pounds. I think you're right, it looks like terrier or cocker spaniel.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm not buying "Pomeranian" either. I suppose it's possible that the Chihuahua short-hair trait completely overwhelmend the Pom's poofiness, but in that case where would the longer nose and legs have come from?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of people incorrectly assigning breeds to dogs: years ago, we got a dog from the local animal shelter that they claimed was a "German Shepherd/Labrador Retriever Mix". Aside from being about 80 lbs and mostly black, though, he had no particular resemblance to either of those breeds. After noting that there were a lot of local dogs who looked a lot like him (and hardly any German Shepherds or Labs around), I'm pretty sure that he never had any ancestors that would have been considered to be any recognized breed. He was just a dog. Possibly descended from the dogs the local Indians had all along. Trying to say he was a "mix" of specific breeds was just all kinds of nonsense.
I'm told that the local tribes used to use dogs as a sort of self-heating blanket in the winter, and he certainly did like to lie on top of people.
I love the laying on top of people part right about now. This morning, after an 80-minute romp, these two just wanted to sleep in my lap while I sat on the floor. Going in to work was pretty hard.
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