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have a spiky purple dog collar you could borrow.That's funny you say that, because everyone who meets him here says something along the lines of "Look at those paws, he's going to be huge when he grows up!". I can't convince them that he's a year old, not a six month old puppy. It's the way he walks too...all floppy and "Hello world!" like a typical puppy. If I didn't know him, I'd think he was still a puppy, too.
I'm not above using it as an excuse when he does something really silly like trying to play pounce on another dog in town. We're working on that little 'habit' and he's doing much better, but his puppy appearance does seem to get him more sympathy from other dog owners than if he was perceived as an adult.
And of course I enjoy the admiration he gets when we practice in the main square. Such a long downstay from 'just a little puppy'!
On the other hand, not too much personal protection walking him in the evening. Last night during his final walk of the day there were a bunch of young men out after the football match being general idiots. They decided it would be fun to make cat and dog noises at Carbon and dumb comments about the 'cutsey wootsey" little puppy. Couldn't help but think that if I'd been there with Brogan, it would have been a decidedly different reaction.
Maybe I need to exchange Carbon's flowered bandana for a spike collar?
