Taco Bell was our first rat-dog. He was a Tea Cup Deer Chihuahua. He was tiny, really tiny. His mother was old when she had him. She could no longer hear nor could she see. She gave birth to him then died. He was too tiny to nurse on the other mother Chihuahua. So he was fed with an eye dropper, not thinking he would actually live.
Ms Sara James was smitten & immediately became his new mama. She groomed him head to toe & he loved it. If he got too close to the road she would pick him up by the gruff of his neck & carry him to safety. Anywhere Taco was Ms Sara would be. She took her role as mother very seriously.
Taco's first road trip was to Colorado. We bought him a blue ski sweater with white snow flakes on it & off we went. We left sunny Texas & within a few hours we were in snow covered Oklahoma. Just as we got to Colorado the roads were closed so we stopped at a motel to get a room for the night. Stevie opened the car door & sat Taco on the snow. Boom he disappeared down through the snow, which was piled about a foot high. OOOPS, where'd you go?
That wasn't the first time he disappeared in a hole. One time when he was jogging with me he fell in a sewer pipe. One minute he was beside me, the next he was gone. OOOPS, were'd you go?
Ms Sara James was smitten & immediately became his new mama. She groomed him head to toe & he loved it. If he got too close to the road she would pick him up by the gruff of his neck & carry him to safety. Anywhere Taco was Ms Sara would be. She took her role as mother very seriously.
Taco's first road trip was to Colorado. We bought him a blue ski sweater with white snow flakes on it & off we went. We left sunny Texas & within a few hours we were in snow covered Oklahoma. Just as we got to Colorado the roads were closed so we stopped at a motel to get a room for the night. Stevie opened the car door & sat Taco on the snow. Boom he disappeared down through the snow, which was piled about a foot high. OOOPS, where'd you go?
That wasn't the first time he disappeared in a hole. One time when he was jogging with me he fell in a sewer pipe. One minute he was beside me, the next he was gone. OOOPS, were'd you go?
One of the guys on the jogging track pulled him out. Taco wasn't hurt & the guy thought it was hilarious. He laughed till he had tears in his eyes.
The next time he fell in a hole, was the toilet. Ms Sara used the toilet to do her business & Taco imitated her. But one night the toilet seat was up. OOOPS where'd you go? I heard this thud then a whimper, then silence. I turned the light on & there he was. Limp & floating in bloody toilet water. He had knocked himself out & bit his tongue.
We have a swimming pool & Taco's job was to run along the edge while I skimmed out the leaves. He loved the pool. He & I would spend hours laying around on the floats. Jumping in now & then to cool off. But that was during the summer & even Texas has a few non-swimming months. But no matter what time of year it was when it came time to skim off the leaves he was there. He'd chase the skimmer basket back & forth, over & over again, growling & snapping, trying to catch it. And it never failed, he would always fall in. OOPS where'd you go?
Taco liked to swim, but he didn't like baths. As soon as I said you need a bath, he would go into attack mode. Growling & snapping in the air. He never bit, just snapped in the air, but some times he got really scary & loud. He didn't take a bath he took a shower. With me! When he got under the water he loved it, but soon as he was done he started his bad boy game. He growled & ran through the house snapping in the air. He did this until he was exhausted.
He hated his toe nails trimmed. If I mentioned it, he would go into his bad boy attack mode, running through the house growling & snapping at the air until he was exhausted. Then he'd go lay down on his puppy sofa and spend the next few hours biting his toe nails off. I never had to trim them, I just had to say I was going to.
When we brought Burrito Beans home Taco liked him for all of two minutes & that was it. He terrorized Beans. He ate his food, he hid his toys, he refused to share his swim float or his puppy sofa. And he refused to share his best friend Chili Pepper with him. Burrito was excluded from all puppy activities.
Then one day it dawned on Taco. Each time he was mean Burritto got all of my & Stevie's attention. And just like that he stopped & he and Burrito became friends.
The next time he fell in a hole, was the toilet. Ms Sara used the toilet to do her business & Taco imitated her. But one night the toilet seat was up. OOOPS where'd you go? I heard this thud then a whimper, then silence. I turned the light on & there he was. Limp & floating in bloody toilet water. He had knocked himself out & bit his tongue.
We have a swimming pool & Taco's job was to run along the edge while I skimmed out the leaves. He loved the pool. He & I would spend hours laying around on the floats. Jumping in now & then to cool off. But that was during the summer & even Texas has a few non-swimming months. But no matter what time of year it was when it came time to skim off the leaves he was there. He'd chase the skimmer basket back & forth, over & over again, growling & snapping, trying to catch it. And it never failed, he would always fall in. OOPS where'd you go?
Taco liked to swim, but he didn't like baths. As soon as I said you need a bath, he would go into attack mode. Growling & snapping in the air. He never bit, just snapped in the air, but some times he got really scary & loud. He didn't take a bath he took a shower. With me! When he got under the water he loved it, but soon as he was done he started his bad boy game. He growled & ran through the house snapping in the air. He did this until he was exhausted.
He hated his toe nails trimmed. If I mentioned it, he would go into his bad boy attack mode, running through the house growling & snapping at the air until he was exhausted. Then he'd go lay down on his puppy sofa and spend the next few hours biting his toe nails off. I never had to trim them, I just had to say I was going to.
When we brought Burrito Beans home Taco liked him for all of two minutes & that was it. He terrorized Beans. He ate his food, he hid his toys, he refused to share his swim float or his puppy sofa. And he refused to share his best friend Chili Pepper with him. Burrito was excluded from all puppy activities.
Then one day it dawned on Taco. Each time he was mean Burritto got all of my & Stevie's attention. And just like that he stopped & he and Burrito became friends.
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