Let me introduce you one of my pets: “Atilla The Hun” or “Tilla” for short. He is a sixty plus pound black dog who just turned two. His father “Pax” is a rottweiler mix and his mother “Sweetie” is a golden retriever and both live with us.
He is the reason we built our 100 foot long fence over a foot higher. He could jump the previous one–not the biggest dog we have (we have four) but he is lean and muscular with a barrel chest and the only dog of ours who could perform that feat.
The state dog warden once paid us a visit. It seems “Tilla” escaped and “terrorized” the local neighbor’ s dog (and I use that word “terrorized” really loosely). The two dogs simply barked loudly at each other.
He does have a timid nature although loving. When my son comes over, he usually runs in the other direction. And my son is good with dogs.
There are two other things he does that are unique: he locks himself in the bathroom when he wants attention and the other is when he is anxious to go out he twirls rapidly in almost perfect circles.
He is the only dog who knows how to let himself out the front door. We usually keep the screen door locked now.
He is the most aggressive of our four dogs. If you put out four tidbits in front of them, he usually gets three of them.
He used to think he was still a puppy and snuggles onto my wife’s lap while she is sitting on her Lazy Boy all sixty-six pounds of him.
I started giving him an occasional walk for he was the only dog put on a chain (before we made the fence higher this summer). Remember he could jump the fence. I felt sorry for him.
Every time he hears the rattle of the chain he appears right in front of me. Usually in five seconds or less.
He has become my dog and often sleeps with me on the bed. There are probably more stories I could tell about him but this is a good start.
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