Zen master vs. toddler on meth
Jon was recently playing around with our camera and captured this riveting interview with Chuck. There's not much action here, but I don't think there exists a video that so succinctly captures the differences between Chuck and Coco:
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Milla said:
my dogs will give these two a run for their kibble.
05.21.09 - 01:43 PM / 1Steph said:
I love Chuck. I really do.
My dog is more of a Coco-type. Haha.
05.21.09 - 01:44 PM / 2Marie said:
So funny.
05.21.09 - 01:44 PM / 3Amy Tucker said:
Chuck, I know you're a dog but I ♥ you and hate that you have to put up with Coco and her squeaking...though Coco is awfully cute.
05.21.09 - 01:46 PM / 4Anonymous said:
Coco in the background is hilarious!!
05.21.09 - 01:46 PM / 5Rochelle said:
I kept expecting Chuck to turn and say FU leave me alone. He kept blinking as Jon was questioning him in such a way as if to say you're annoying me! Coco in the background playing with her toy was cute too!
05.21.09 - 01:46 PM / 6dooce said:
#1 Milla, that's Juice! JUICE! OH MY GOD! Tell Juice that Chuck says hi! We've got video of Chuck and Juice playing when they were both just a few months old, we'll have to go find it now.
05.21.09 - 01:48 PM / 7Cate said:
speaking with the eyebrows! i love animals with expressive faces.
05.21.09 - 01:48 PM / 8Betsy said:
I have perma-grin.
05.21.09 - 01:48 PM / 9maestra said:
Thanks for the laugh... that was awesome! If only I could go through life as unrattled as Chuck.
05.21.09 - 01:49 PM / 10beyond said:
very cute. almost makes me want a chuck-dog. i can totally see what he's thinking. and i love how coco is noisily begging for attention.
05.21.09 - 01:50 PM / 11Kristan said:
LOL! I couldn't tell if Chuck was, as Rochelle (#6) said, blinking out of annoyance, or if he was FALLING ASLEEP!! (I mean, Jon's voice really is quite soothing.)
Either way, AWESOME video. Of both dogs.
05.21.09 - 01:51 PM / 12Jess said:
lol Chuck reminds me of our dog, Bailey! She looks at us from the side without fully turning her head... we call it her "sketch - eye look" because she seems so sketched out like something is wrong. Funny!
05.21.09 - 01:52 PM / 13meowsk said:
Love it! Chuck is just like... yeah... if you could get that camera out of my face and stop talking to me... that would be great.
I wish my cat would hold this still for photoshoots. She tends to get camera shy and start running around like Coco in the background as soon as she sees the camera come out.
05.21.09 - 01:52 PM / 14Babing at High Altitude said:
Can I teach my baby how to do that?
05.21.09 - 01:54 PM / 15Anonymous said:
Have a Coco.
Looking for a Chuck.
05.21.09 - 01:55 PM / 16Labradoris said:
My Lab Cosette will do this exact same thing with me - maybe it's a Lab thing? Looks like Chuck has a little Lab in him :)
She'll do it especially if she knows that she is going to be kissed on her head soon after I'm done. She wants to be obedient and loving, but not looking forward to the upcoming sign of affection, so she's listening but acts like she's not. Ha!
Chuck and Coco are too cute.
05.21.09 - 01:59 PM / 17Leesavee said:
Chuck needs his own talk show. He makes far more sense than any of the political pundits I've seen!
05.21.09 - 01:59 PM / 18Nanci said:
They are so awesome. I sent you an e-mail recently with pics of my two puppies. They definitely have a Chuck and Coco vibe going on. Although since my Chuck is still a puppy, he instigates very well. :)
05.21.09 - 02:00 PM / 19The Dalai Mama said:
Reminds me of my two kids. The older one--much calmer. The second one--well she could give Coco a run for her money. While she might not eat her own poop--she does enjoy sticking her hands into her dirty diaper to show you she needs a new one. Not quite the endearing quality one looks for in an 18-month-old girl. Like you often say--she is really lucky she is cute.
05.21.09 - 02:01 PM / 20Kit said:
phenomenal, I love it
05.21.09 - 02:02 PM / 21Milla said:
hi, heather! please send me the video -- would love to see the young kids tussling. i still have some photos of their play dates i can send you. Juice has her very own Coco now. i call her Pinko -- shepard mix i got about two years ago that antagonizes juice (and me) to no end. she is an insane animal and she talks!
here's a photo of our kids french kissing back in the day. Chuck was a different dog back then from how you depict him now. i remember him being decidedly more dog like. just bring him back to cali and he'll shape up fast. and tell Chuck that Juice says "hi" back. he was always her favorite. :-)
05.21.09 - 02:03 PM / 22Tara's mom said:
Can you board Chuck at my house next time you travel?
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
05.21.09 - 02:07 PM / 23Phatchik said:
Oh how I love Chuck! I have one just like him at home and then this summer, I got the brilliant idea to bring home two kittens. Yeah, he's thrilled.
05.21.09 - 02:08 PM / 24Hummingbird said:
I live with the Brittany Spaniel version of Coco. The squeaking in the video was enough to send her into convulsions, and racing around the house for a good 5 minutes. We have no Chuck to balance her out. Chuck's expressions always crack me up!
05.21.09 - 02:08 PM / 25Jessica said:
He's all, "I know you're going to put this on the internet; leave me alone." And Coco's all, "I'm going to make as much noise as possible so they'll put me on the internet!" So cute.
05.21.09 - 02:08 PM / 26Annie said:
Chuck rocks!
05.21.09 - 02:11 PM / 27JennyM said:
I know you probably love getting email with videos from strangers, but if I can capture a typical evening in my house I'm sending it to you. Clifford (our Chuck) with THAT EXACT EXPRESSION while Mabel (our Coco) writhes on her back in the background trying to capture and kill her own tail. If you say anything to Cliff, he just looks at you like that, all, this was your idea, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH HOW THIS TURNED OUT?
05.21.09 - 02:11 PM / 28Nikki said:
poor chuck...upstaged from somewhere off stage by the most annoying thing in the known universe, and she was yielding a squeak toy, to boot!!
05.21.09 - 02:11 PM / 29Kri said:
LoL. I don't know if it is the complete lack of sleep or just simply that that video is hilarious as hell, but I haven't laughed like that in a while. Chuck reminds me what it is like to have a good dog that listens - a reminder that fills my soul with tears since I live in a home full of 3 psychotic Jack Russels (oh, and did I fail to mention that Jack's are COMPLETELY neurotic?? they ARE!)
Heh. Hearts to you all. I can't wait for baby to be here!!
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