nutjob

My nickname for Tug is "nutjob" when he's being just outrageous. He's taken to running back and forth from the living room through the dining room and onto the little screened in porch- and then back again. He leaves himself breathless racing around like his feet are on fire and his a** is catchin'!! (That's an old colloquialism I don't want to see die- does't it just give you a mental picture a la Looney Tunes?)

My aunt was over last Sunday after we all went to a play. Tug tried hard to be a good boy for her and she did manage to do a good job of loving on him at one point...but then his switch flipped and he went into "terrier" mode. It was the first time she'd seen it happen so she finally understood what that meant. Usually he's just a nutjob from the moment she comes in but this time she saw the glazed look in the eyes after the fast change from reasonable dog to panting, squirming, nipping nightmare...

One wily moment: the other night he was so tired he almost fell asleep sitting up in my lap. I kept trying to get him to lie down to sleep. Futile. Then I got up to get a drink and he was in my seat with his eyes closed in a nanosecond!! The butthead wanted my chair!!