Here's a photo shoot from spring that hasn't be "blogged" yet. A pair of Scotties from Madison who are a little on the...shall we say, rambunctious side. Oh sure, they are very cute and manicured in the pictures. Just wait till you see the pictures at the end.
Grady (the off-white one) and Gregor (the really off-white one) were very polite when I came to the door. They greeted me and my dog-scented camera bag with lots of sniffing. After a short meet-n-greet it was off to their highly manicured backyard for some ball wrangling, rabbit sniffing, and general mischief.
I don't know the breed very well, my previous experience with Scotties was when I was bitten in the leg by one when I was six, so I was given a short tutorial by their mom, Nancy. Apparently, they have the same size teeth as a German Shepherd. I highly doubted that was true until Nancy lifted opened the mouth of Gregor and exposed....GIANT GERMAN SHEPHERD TEETH! I feel sorry for any burrowing animal that has the misfortune of being trapped in a hole with one of these things coming at you. The other tidbit of info about the breed I learned was that you can lift this breed by their sturdy tail which comes in quite handy when you need to move this portable dog. (Warning - never pull or lift any dog by their tail! Nancy is a "breed expert" and knows how to do this.)
After our trip outside, I got to see the inside version of these guys. That included wrestling with the empty dog food bag, a short trip through the Scottie museum in Nancy's house, and a visit by the UPS guy. Remember my warning at the beginning of this?
The chairs (yes, these were upholstered chairs at one point) serve as a substitute item to attack since the dogs aren't able to go after visiting bad guys - in this case, played by the UPS guy. The chairs sit in the living room to serve as a warning to delivery people everywhere that these guys mean business!
Fortunately, photographers are not on their "bad guy" list and I was allowed to pass without injury. I just feel sorry for the guy who was to delivery the pictures to Nancy.
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