Our dogs.

I was going to write a poignant piece about gun control, equal rights or minimum wage.  Then our dogs got into a "dispute"  with some unknown dog that came into our backyard.

I spent an hour looking in our backyard for a dead or crippled small dog or puppy.  Nothing, which is good of course but what the hell?

We have three dogs; our German Shepherd K-9 and two Corgis.  Not everyone knows what corgis are so if you don't it's not a problem.

Now that you've refreshed your memory, know that corgis are big dogs with short legs.  The first time I had to put a pill in the smaller corgis mouth I was a little disconcerted; they're big teeth, almost the size of shepherd teeth.  He didn't want the pill so that was an adventure.  Corgis come in two body types, fat and ripped; ripped like a male model or a comic book character.  Our smaller corgi is the ripped type with the Welsh attitude that made Hitler worry about the British Isles.

The two boys had to go to the vet for a general check up.  The shepherd was no problem; open my mouth?   Okay.  Blood sample? Okay.  Fecal sample?  Let me get into a more comfortable position for you.  The smaller corgi was not playing.  Why do you want me to open my mouth?  My blood, it stays in the body.  YOU WANT TO PUT THAT WHERE?  NOT BLOODY LIKELY!  The samples were taken eventually but it took three nurses to hold him down and even then they had to wait for him to tire himself out.  Keep in mind that this dog weighs in at 27 pounds and I think 25 of it is testosterone.

Whenever we go to the dog park (Fort Woof in Fort Worth, I highly recommend it for dogs) we put the corgis in the big dog section.  The corgis were raised with a shepherd and they are a pack.  Some big dog will try to show his dominance to our little corgi, the look of surprise on the face of the big dog is priceless.  I can just imagine the "thought" process:  I'll bark at little dog, little dog puffs up hair and runs away.  He's barking back?  He's moving towards me?  He has friends and they're both bigger than this one?  Screw this, I'm going to bark at a dalmatian, they fall down.

The smaller corgi will pick fights with the shepherd and he will take his lumps but he doesn't back down.  He'll stop fighting but that's it.  However, the shepherd will back down if the female is nearing her heat.  I swear my little corgi does some crazy eye thing and barks "Are you looking at my Janet?".