Is it ever wrong to be completely irritated with a dog? When it's your boyfriend's dog? And you're trying to make everything work, but tired of the added excitement the dog inevitably brings?
If so, then you'll understand my angst. Hobbes, the hound mix who wasn't facing the camera for this pic, is, well . . . dull. That's putting it nicely. Jake says the Vet himself said that Hobbes "would never win any spelling bees." I think that about covers it.
At first, it just seemed like good natured kidding. After several weeks of observation, however, I've concluded that everyone's right and that Hobbes is, in fact, irretrievably stupid. And friendly to "his" people and dogs. Everyone else is a deathly threat, including our friends at the door . . . As I said, he's not very bright.
And add to all this charm the fact that he steals food like no other creature I know, except for my ex, Justin, but at least Justin is a lot cleaner and invited into the kitchen. Hobbes was never invited to graze off the kitchen counter when my back is turned.
The thing that gets me about him is the fact that no matter what he does and how he's disciplined, he gets that same sweet, stupid look on his face and seems to have no idea of what's going on. Stupid. And it's hard to stay mad at that, but it sure is irritating!!!
So I finally said something about it more directly today so that we can figure some sane way out of this situation. Hobbes is indeed dumb (though charming at times). It would be dumber to stay silent on the subject.
