No, this is not some radiant reference to the Renegade, but rather a peek into my home life. WARNING: Make sure you can stand the peek - it might enlarge all on its own and then - well, suffice it to say, you've been warned.
We have three dogs. Elder statesman Zeke, our furborn, then Pepper and now THE PUPPY, aka The Speckled Menace, Maddie. Holy crap, people, she shoulda come with a whole sload of warnings.
She didn't.
What she hasn't chewed up, peed on or otherwise destroyed - well, let's just say there ain't much left. This is a Great Dane puppy, people, and they stay in puppyhood until two - AT LEAST. I hope we make it. I hope SHE makes it. Just four more months...
We got Zeke first and thought he needed a playmate so we got Pepper, a Lab/Pit mix. Well the deal is with Pepps is that she don't play. She is the most obedient dog I have ever laid eyes on, and would never hurt anyone...two legged. She kept Zeke in line for years, and well, then there's Maddie, The Speckled Menace (she's blue merle - and gorgeous, but holy cow!). Recently, it has come to our attention that Maddie is, um, alpha. Ok, so it's come to our attention that Maddie is ALPHA.
And it's so interesting - she and Pepper did have some issues to work out at first, but they clearly heart one another now. The shift in power has been subtle, but it has occurred. The most interesting aspect of this is that, now that the stupid humans have figured out the dog hierarchy, the CHANGE or shall we say the "new order" of things and have started behaving accordingly, many of Maddie's behavior problems are resolving - almost immediately.
'course, I ain't leaving any shoes out to celebrate.
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