Generally speaking I’m a pretty good dog. I rarely question my owner Taj. And, generally I think I’m better for it. But, given the intimate position afforded to dogs I see a lot of things that the rest of you might not see. For instance, for years I’ve noticed that Taj seems to think its funny to call people’s little dogs “things”. He seems to be oblivious to the fact that when he does this, “hi, what’s up with that little thing?” the person accompanying the little dog almost always gets a sour face. From what I can gather people don’t appreciate their loved ones being called “things” as if they were some alien he couldn’t quite identify. I think I even heard him call one ladies prized chihuahua a “little mutant thing”.

Its a sign of advancing age I guess but now it seems like all of our friends and family are showing up with new born babies. Once again I see Taj thinking he is quite clever and witty when he jokingly says, “What’s up with that thing?” And once again I can’t help but notice the look of disgust sent by the new family while he seems to remain oblivious… smiling away like a dope thinking he just cracked a great joke.