Just a Couple of Misfits

Sometimes it's hard to sleep through the night because of Taz. When he can't sleep neither can I. When Taz wakes up he lets me know it's time for me to get up too. Sometimes he lets me sleep, but even if he sees me open an eyelid that's his que to start jumping all over me. He lets me know when he is hungry, which is always and he has to go to the bathroom at least every hour. He has so much energy and is always moving. He gets mad at me when I'm not playing with him and his main goal in life, besides seeing how much he can cost me in food each month is to keep me from graduating and getting a real job. That's the only explanation I can come up with for him walking all over my notes, covering my face when I try to type on the computer (yes he is doing it right now) and barking at me non-stop when I try to read a book.

Yes, Taz is my dog. My 18 month old, inquisitive (this is just a nice way for dog owners to say there dog barks at everything), 13 pound, overweight Min Pin.

Meeting him for the first time people usually get a little freaked out. Even though he is rather small he can jump pretty high. He has decided this is the best way to greet people he is excited about. Usually after the first 10 jumps people come to the conclusion he is a bad dog. If you are meeting him for the first time, unless he is completely exhausted, he will bark at you. I tell people not to take it personally, but I think people get the wrong impression about him.

Taz is actually the best dog in the whole world and I'm not biased at all. I think he does this all on purpose. He is seemingly annoying and disobedient so know one else will want him but me. This is probably my fault, I told him a story about how my aunt's min pin, that was totally adorable, was kidnapped and held for ransom. Now he saves his adorable moments for non threatening family members only. Oddly enough since then he has seemed to calm down around people who have nice houses and lots of treats.

He is the best cuddler, When he gets scared at the dog park he jumps in my lap, he likes to be held when he gets tired and when he gets wet he dries himself off by rubbing his body all over the carpet. When he gets tired he will try to stay awake, but if he's not careful he will fall asleep standing up because when he is having fun he doesn't want to nap and miss something.

One of the great things about Taz is that his best friend is a pit bull. My sister’s boyfriend has a pit bull. This dog is the exact opposite of Taz. His name is Jack and he is big. He is about 5 times bigger than Taz, and yet he is 5 times sweeter. Jack never barks, he never gets angry, and he has never snapped at Taz despite Taz’s many attempts to draw blood.

Jack’s favorite thing to do is sleep and given the chance he would sleep 24 hours a day. He is always hungry, but never begs and is happy with what he is given.

He is definitely the nicer of the two dogs and without a doubt less aggressive.

Any big dog that I feel safe enough to let my dog play with, full force is a good dog to me. Taz will play as rough as he can and Jack knows just how much force he should use to play back, but he wouldn’t ever hurt Taz. In fact he gets protective when Taz is around other dogs.

They are both just a couple of misfits, the sweet pitbul and the unstable but adorable, King of the Toys, Min Pin.