The other day I got ready to hang up two comforters I had washed. The housedogs had been out, Polly was taken care of and it was time to let the three frontyard dogs help me.
So, carrying two large comforters in my arms, I marched out of the backdoor, over to the sidegate and opened the two gates for the girls to come into the backyard. In case you haven't read about the girls, they are lab mixes. Each at least 50 lbs. The have lived in my frontyard since I found them by the side of the road. Because there are three of them and only one of me, they have never been introduced to the housedogs - there is a point where even I chicken out.
So, out they come, happy to see me. Scooter smiling and singing, Mickey racing around and Squirt trying to get as close to me as possible.
Suddenly I heard this unmistakable bark - yap, yap, yap from between my feet. Here is 8 lb Sparky telling the girls where to go! He had scooted out between my feet without me noticing and now was checking out the girls. My girls are very friendly, so they tried to return the favor. You smell my butt, I smell yours - "Oh no!" Sparky was standing on his tippytoes trying to smell Squirt's tail and when Mickey tried to return the favor - he growled at her! And then at the other two as well! Mind you, he only has 3 teeth left, he is at least 15 years old - but that doesn't mean he isn't a man anymore!
The girls seemed to giggle a bit and kept advancing. That's when I scooped him up and put him in Grover's run. The rest of the "getting to know you" session was conducted through a fence. He never backed away from the fence and growled at them the whole time.
Yeah, maybe he was neutered along time ago, but he still got balls!
