And some people have the nerve to say that animals have no emotions...

I heart Chuck. If there was a dog president I think he would be a fine candidate.

Wow, you're keeping comments on?! Leta is lucky to have Chuck. I wonder if my ferocious cat will be protective of my new baby when it comes or try to eat it.

Leta is a lucky little girl. She just better not have any argyle covered boyfriends in the future. (but then if her boyfriends are argyle covered, perhaps it's okay if Chuck wants to eat them?)

Adorable. Chuck is the best.

When I was a kid, our small cocker-spaniel/poodle mix would bare its teeth and growl whenever my father spanked us. Once he even got his teeth locked on the cuff of my father's jeans. I know it's not fashionable to assign animals emotions, but there was something there that went beyond instinct, it seemed.

Anyway, I enjoyed reading this.

Dogs always do something sugary sweet and endearing like this right before they puke up gummy bears on your sofa. It's their way of keeping balance in the world.

That's adorable.

Oddly enough, my (enormous attack/guard) cat does that for my (jittery yet thank god not yappy chiwawa/terrier) dog.

When thinking of Chuck in this way, all that came to mind was:

"I need a herooooo - I'm holding out for a heeeroo til the end of the niiigheetttttt!

"He's gooootta be strong, and he's goooootta be fast and he's goootta be fresh from the fiiight...I neeeeed a heeeeerooooooo!"

And then I started thinking about Footloose, and how I haven't seen it since I was in middle school and watched it every day when I got home, and I think this song is playing when they're in that tractor chicken-fight, right?

And then I was imagining Chuck running down that road, playing Chicken with the Argyle Sweater. Er, Bronx.

And Chuck totally won. Argyle ended up floating down the river.

I love the pictures of Bronx. But those ears! They're amazing. He's like the dog batboy would own.
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Animals are great like that. They have this whole indifferent act till shit goes down, and then suddenly it's like "Aww...so ya DO care!" My cat is the same way. When we're watching him he acts as though my younger son doesn't even exist. But then we catch him sneaking in the boys' bedroom and keeping an eye on them, especially if one of them is sick. I just figured he has a "cool" act.
Kudos to giving Chuck a phobia of the house next door! LOL We used to do things like that all the time to our dogs. I feel horrible, but damn it was funny!

Just please, please, PLEASE don't let this teach Leta lessons about hatin' on argyle. Argyle is so misunderstood in our society. Just say "no" to argyle abuse.

And Chuck could totally use Bronx' legs as toothpicks when he gets done devouring him.

Just teach that dog to cook and you have free, instant babysitting for life.

Hmmmmm ... I used to be a military police k-9 handler; sounds to me like Chuck might have found a career path.

No way dude...you're leaving comments on??

I'm sorry to say: but Bronx is quite ratlike in appearance.

Nonetheless, my dog, the world's largest carnivourous baby, probably would have immediately gone through the ritual of smelling said ratlike pup and then running in terror from it. Normally, this entails him hiding behind me and then barking at other animals from the safety of behind my legs.

Yes, my dog would gladly sacrifice me to the ratlike creature to protect his own netherregions from being sniffed.

I also have a small dog (miniature weiner dog named Nelly). She does not have the protective instincts that Chuck has. It is all about her. Kayla who? The only time Nelly hangs out around Kayla is when she is eating, has eaten, or is thinking about eating.

If Kayla were in imminent danger Nelly would politely move out of harm's way. I can't really blame her for not being more aggressive. Her teeth are the size of baby corn so the most she could is give you a rash if she bit you.