RIP Pig,,,,

Well as you can see by the title, I have some bad news. Worse news for Pig and Piglet. It's been confirmed that they are both now residing in that big sausage factory in the sky. Actually, I think they are actually residing in my neighbor's freezer. There is however a good side of this. Not for Pig or piglet, but their pen is one large compost heap and we'll remember Pig every time we eat a fresh tomato or other goodies from my soon to be garden.

Sunny still looks for Pig, but I think he is giving up hope. Meanwhile with Pig gone, the Yorkies are running wild. They run as a posse. You never see one alone it's always all three or none. They don't look alike, they all wear a different color sweaters. But beyond that, they still look different. One is really big for a Yorkie, he's about the size of a cocker spaniel. He's real mouthy. could give Riggins a run for his money as being the world's noisiest barking dog. But at least Riggins has a real bark, not a squeal that sounds like someone stepped on a chipmunk. Okay, Riggins bark is a little high which makes it very annoying. There is one regular sized Yorkie, you can tell he is a follower, not a leader, he looks to the big Yorkie for direction. Then there is this little pipsqueak Yorkie who really believes he's a Rottweiler in disguise. I mean in my own mind, I'm a 6' blue eyed blond who weighs about 125 lbs named Inga. However, I must say the Yorkie is probably closer to his dream than I am mine. The best way to describe this critter with attitude is to compare him to the toady in "A Christmas Story". Remember the bully and that short little bad tempered side kick of his? If you know who I'm talking about imagine a smaller version of that with 4 legs a lot of hair with a topknot and a sweater and you've got yourself the smallest Yorkie. He is always sucking up to the big Yorkie who pays him no attention.

Did I tell you about the old yellow lab who lives with these Yorkies? Well if I did, skip this part. There is an old male lab who coexists with these sweater wearing furry demons. To say he pays them no attention is an understatement. Of course, he pays no attention to anything except his owner and if has a nice spot in the sun, when he sees his owner he'll give a tail wag, but won't leave his spot for that. Lottie wandered over there one day and saw the lab. She looked at him and laid down in the sun, ignoring him and him ignoring her. Nothing like 2 old dogs hanging out in the sun. She stayed there for a few minutes and wandered on home. Lottie doesn't walk anywhere, she kind of meanders.at her own speed and ignores my calling to her. You gotta love that old dog attitude.

Okay, I'm digressing again . Back to the Lab and Yorkies. The lab doesn't pay any attention to them and they stay away from him. I have a sneaking suspicion that he may make a Yorkie snack out of them if they got to annoying him or at least sit on them. That's the thing about these little thugs, they raise hell when the dogs aren't out or at least Sunny isn't in the yard. They've seen Sunny clear the fence like an Olympic high jumper. The other dogs don't jump the fence but the Yorkies aren't taking any chances. Last week they were at my fence and raising hell. None of the dogs were out, but I let Mira out just for fun. She won't jump the fence, but being that she hates everyone not connected to the family she is a force to be reckoned with. She attacked that fence like a redneck on a pork chop You would of thought that she was going to go right through that fence. Of course she wasn't and that's lucky for the Yorkies. She has developed a rare kind of hatred for these dogs. Anyway, I didn't know Yorkies could run that fast on those short little legs especially when they were shitting on themselves. They literally flew up the road and have not returned. They continue to bark from their porch but will go inside when they see Mira. I would go inside if I didn't know Mira. Anyway, after she chased them off, she turned her back on the fence and kicked dirt. Now if she was a major league baseball player, she would have been kicked out of the game, but she's just little Mira who has a bad attitude .....