Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Pay back is a female dog.

We have two dogs... 
an older black lab, Beta, who is sensible, quiet and well behaved
and a younger pointer, Friday,  who is... none of those things. 
Since the very beginning of their time together, the Friday has always sat on Beta. We're not talking about a "snuggle so close she's almost sitting on Beta" type of thing. We're talking about sitting like a normal dog, front feet on the ground, but with her rear end squarely on Beta's back/head/side/rear. Like a 70lb dog sitting on a 80lb dog shaped bench.
This taken when Friday was just a pup, so take this pic and add 40lbs to her.

Everyone comments on it, we always thought Friday would grow out of it, or that Beta would stop putting up with it when Friday got too heavy. But it just kept going on. Now when it happens, Beta just growns and gives us a look that we can only interpret to mean "Wasn't I a good dog? Things were perfect before this Thing came. Why is this happening?"
Now she has a reason to be happy:
Oh, how the tables have turned
I guess now it's Friday's turn to look at us and say:
"Things were perfect before this Thing came. Why is this happening?

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