Meet and Greet

Listen, kid, I'll show you the ropes.

On Sunday, Dieter got to meet his little cousin, Tessa. Tessa came from Trinity Ranch Kennels and they share some relies. Tessa's owner is my cousin. So I think that makes it cousins owning cousins.

Or is this another example of the Six degrees of Separation theory--that we're all six or fewer steps away from any other person in the world. Well, that's maybe a little overly dramatic. The humans are related (our grandmothers were sisters) and the dogs are related--I get a little fuzzy here, but I think through their grand- or great grandparents.

Wheeeee

The pups met in our front yard--a new area for Tessa and a place Dieter's not too territorial over. He's more of a backyard dog. There was a lot of hopping about and sniffing. LOTS of sniffing. Tessa flopped down and did the "I'm being submissive...I respect your authori-ta (I'm channeling Eric Cartman from "South Park" there)" routine.

Dieter apparently recognized that she is a puppy and that he needs to be careful of her. He has some small dog pals (the famous Zeus the Weiner dog is his favorite), so I think he sort of gets that he's the big kid in the class and needs to be careful of the Littles.

Dieter swears he was never that little. And he also swears he never was pesky--this after Tessa was doing a good job of jumping on him, running circles around him, and barking at him (Lloyd said "she's just being a typical woman..." and I suggested he go no farther with his thought).

Whispering sweet nothings?

"Boop!"

Don't even think about biting me!

Aftermath of "boop."

After Tessa left, Dieter came in and got a nice cool drink of water. And gratefully went into his cage for a little snooze. It's tough being a ripe-old seven-month old guy and trying to keep up with those darned whipper snappers.

If you know what's good for you, you won't bite my paw.

Maybe Karma's giving Dieter a little payback, too. After all, I remember all-too-well how his sharp little puppy teeth felt on my arms. And those dirty, wet paws he's smear all over me. And, and, and....Maybe now he has an idea of what it was like.