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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2003Chuckles (OT)
Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's remained small, perhaps 13 lbs. or so. Chuckles has always been a slow-moving, laid-back hound, turning big, sorrowful eyes up at you if you tried to hurry him along. Looks a lot like a basset right in the face. He's very loving and gentle. A couple of weeks ago we took him and Mac camping with us out in Death Valley. The little campground was so remote we just turned them loose and let them wander. It didn't stay remote for long. Soon a monster RV pulled up nearby. They had a trailer with motorcycles and 4-wheelers that probably by itself cost more than our humble little camper. The RV was new, big, and ostentatious, one of those converted Greyhound buses. Soon the driver emerged with two large Siberian huskies following. They probably weighed more than a hundred pounds apiece and looked to be fancy show dogs. Owner and dogs trotted right over and started socializing. The dogs all seemed to be playing well together, so we paid more attention to the owner than the dogs. Suddenly we heard the sounds of a big dog making a lot of racket. Turned out to be a small dog with a big mouth. The huskies appeared running flat out, with Chuckles in hot pursuit. I'd never heard him in attack mode before, but he sounded like the Hound of the Baskervilles. He chased them all the way back to their camper before he turned around and came back. The owner rushed off to comfort his big chow hounds. Chuckles looked awful pleased with himself. Cheers, Dave > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got >from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >Cheers, >Dave They are great little dogs. My brother brought one home from Germany after WWII. He was black and tan. When their baby was born, he wouldn't let anyone near the crib (except Mom and Pop). > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got >from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >Cheers, >Dave That sounds like the dachsie that we had years ago. Fritz had all of the neighborhood d*gs buffaloed. There was a GSD that was a retired military guard d*g that used to ignore Fritz, and it absolutely infuriated poor little Fritz. Nan My grandmother had a Doxie, Max, that was the most tame dog - he put up with us kids whenever we visited... When I was a kid, we were visiting an aunt in Texas, and Grandma was there, with Max. We were at some lake (don't ask me which one, I was only 3 or 4 at the time - for all I know it coulda even been the gulf coast), and our family had a Chihuahua, Tippy (named for the white tip on his tail, he got along great with Max, they'd chase each other around until they wore each other out). Tippy LOVED swimming & the water (we couldn't keep him out of our kiddie pool), so naturally, he was swimming in the lake, never getting too far from shore. My dad tossed him off a dock and he'd swim around to shore, come running back down the dock and beg to be tossed back in (at this point, I'm not sure if it's the tossing he craved, or the swimming). At one point, we thought it would be neat to toss Max in (up until that point, he would just run on shore and bark at Tippy, presumably trying to alert us that Tippy had fallen into the Evil Wet Stuff, and was in need of rescue). Guess what: Max not only couldn't swim, but immediately SANK!!!! Like a rock!!! My Uncle Jack (Dad's older brother, he was a bachelor & lived with Grandma, in fact, it was he that drove them all the way down from Indiana) had to lay down on the dock, and with my Dad holding onto his belt, fished Max out of the water by his collar.  SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got > from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cheers, > Dave On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:47:21 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: >My grandmother had a Doxie, Max, that was the most tame dog - he put up with >us kids whenever we visited... [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >had to lay down on the dock, and with my Dad holding onto his belt, fished >Max out of the water by his collar. Our dachshunds would sink if they got water in their ears. As long as they could keep their ears dry they could swim. It was really comical to watch them because their tails would go around like a propeller. Nan Great story! I'm so glad your uncle rescued Max. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip>Tippy LOVED swimming & the water (we couldn't keep him out of > our kiddie pool), so naturally, he was swimming in the lake, never getting > too far from shore. My dad tossed him off a dock and he'd swim around to [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Cheers, > > Dave > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got >from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >Cheers, >Dave You have to be tough when your breed's nickname is weiner dog. When I was a kid ours jumped up and latched onto a German Shepherd. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html >You have to be tough when your breed's nickname is weiner dog. When I >was a kid ours jumped up and latched onto a German Shepherd. They must all have "little dog complexes". Ours sure does. He thinks he's a wolf or something. Sherry Goooo, Chuckles! Funny, Dave! Christine > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got > from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cheers, > Dave "David Yehudah" <short7@netzero.net> wrote > The huskies appeared > running flat out, with Chuckles in hot pursuit. I'd never heard him in > attack mode before, but he sounded like the Hound of the Baskervilles. > He chased them all the way back to their camper before he turned around > and came back. The owner rushed off to comfort his big chow hounds. > Chuckles looked awful pleased with himself. ROFL! Go, Chuckles! -- Marina Thanks for another chuckle, Dave! -- Joy Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter (or Summer) Solstice, Hogmanay and New Year! If that didn't cover it, Season's Greetings! > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got > from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cheers, > Dave > Most of you probably remember Chuckles, the little red doxie we got > from GraceCat last year. He was a small pooch when we got him, and he's [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Cheers, > Dave Awww, scritches to Mighty Chuckles. What a brave boy! ------ Krista Loved the story! Thanks. Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip>> Suddenly we heard the sounds of a big dog making a lot of racket. > Turned out to be a small dog with a big mouth. The huskies appeared > running flat out, with Chuckles in hot pursuit. I'd never heard him in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Cheers, > Dave |
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