The Peaceable Kingdom

Dan kindly sent us these pictures of Leroy (our Boston Terrier) and Pork Chop (Ahno's Chihuahua). Once upon a time, Leroy's primary goal was to shove his nose under Pork's behind and snoot it up in the air. We called this "Butt Boosting" and it's what Leroy did to encourage Pork to play. He also nipped at her ears, raced around, made sassy feet, and whatnot. Pork, in response, snarled like a tiger and chewed holes in him. Then sauntered off.

While we are at the beach, Dan has both the dogs at our house. He's had several occasions now to put them in a kennel, both to come down here with us and to go on trips for business. At the kennel, they were boarded together in a double-wide thingy, and also had playtimes together at their puppy camp. Now look at them:





Here they are after Pork had her arm sprayed with bitter apple. She chews on her arm recreationally, and Dan's tring to stamp it out while he has her in his clutches. So the spray was inflicted, the Chihuahua ran and hid under the chair, and the Boston Terrier also squished under the chair, to show solidarity. At least, we like to think it was solidarity. Knowing Leroy, he was probably just under the impression there was a bug under the chair, or that all the dogs were supposed to go under chairs now, or something inane like that. But it *appears* to be peace in the kingdom, at any rate.



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