Brookyn Rebellion Dogs: A Few of Tilo’s Favorite Things
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a blogumn by Shante Paradigm
Dogs eat the strangest things. Maybe I should qualify that: MY dog, seems to like to eat the strangest things.
Tilo’s hit list:
Bananas
Apples
Pears
Acai Juice
Really, anything in a bottle, including bottled water when his dog bowl is filled with fresh water.
Apple Cider
Potato Chips
Peanut anything
Creamy soups (I guess it’s the dairy?)
Of course, being my dog, he’s on a raw diet, which he loves, but my food is always very appetizing to him.
And it’s not Mr. Tilopa’s food quirks I’ve been noticing; he’s absolutely obsessed with my younger brother, Philip. Now Phil, is a great guy, and a total dog lover, clearly Tilo knows this. So Phil comes over and Tilo’s big brown eyes are wide, round and full of…love??? I mean, I can’t really say for sure if his heart was going pitter-patter, but he was positively vibrating with delight. Anyway, he’d hold onto his training for a few minutes, sitting at Phil’s feet and then suddenly he’d SPRING UP and shove his tongue down my brother’s throat..ahhh, teenage dog love. We busted out laughing while Tilo happily licked my brother’s face.
But the obsessions don’t always end with saliva and laughs. Tuesday we had a great morning in Fort Greene Park , and Tilo was playing with the dogs, running around, sniffing…good times being had by all. Well, Tilo loves to play with an unneutered male potbelly named Luciano. Kali, the 90 lbs. female King Corso also loves Luchie…fiercely. Needless to say, yours truly had to break up a fight between the two with the help of Kali’s owner. I ended up getting bit, which really is the hazard of breaking up a fight between two snarling, possessive animals with sharp canines.
On a more pleasant note, Tilo plays a little game with me: When I leave to go to the bathroom, he gets on my bed (the bed is near the door that leads to the bathroom), as soon as he hears me coming back, he leaps off and runs into his crate. Then he looks at me with big, innocents eyes, even though I’ve seen his skinny brown ass scurrying off the bed (not to mention, I can hear his loud-ass collar materials jingle-jangle). It’s pretty hilarious actually. If he could speak the same language I do, I imagine he might say, “Hi mom…sooooo, what’s gong on. ahem…”
Gotta love him.
Shante, this is quite a list. I don't want to accuse you of being an indulgent mommy but really, Acai Juice? I will never know if my cats like bananas or Acai Juice, b/c it would never occur to me to give it to them. We had a hard enough time teaching them not to go after the milk in our cereal bowls. But now I'm curious, did you give Tilo this food or are these all foods he's managed to acquire in in various "bad dog!" ways?
Shante, this is quite a list. I don't want to accuse you of being an indulgent mommy but really, Acai Juice? I will never know if my cats like bananas or Acai Juice, b/c it would never occur to me to give it to them. We had a hard enough time teaching them not to go after the milk in our cereal bowls. But now I'm curious, did you give Tilo this food or are these all foods he's managed to acquire in in various "bad dog!" ways?
My dog will also eat everything listed but not bananas.
He will take it and drop it…..but don't try to pick it up :)
My dog will also eat everything listed but not bananas.
He will take it and drop it…..but don't try to pick it up :)
Amazing post about interesting theme, thanx =)
Amazing post about interesting theme, thanx =)
Gracias!
Gracias!