Aw, this makes me really want a dog. I want the kind of dog.....that eats these things.

Yeah, she's a danger only to flies. And only the smaller ones.

I love Lucy and her existential angst.

That makes two of us.

What kind of dog is that?

An Attention Hound.

(Officially known as a Yorkshire Terrier.)

P.S. She owns Gregg. Seriously. He is her slave. Can't say no to her.

She's just too cute for words. Both my daughters would eat her alive! o_O

The BlogDog is hoping no diabetics look at the picture.
On the other hand, having read some dog-specific magazines over my too many years, one concept that has never ceased to amuse me is that of the "stud Yorkie." Yup, two and a half pounds of bow-on-the-forehead, rompin' stompin' STUD Yorkie!

Lucy was in a Discovery Channel TV show they shot at my house in the past couple of weeks. I was in it, too, but I'm sure nobody noticed me. W.C. Fields advised never to be on camera with children or animals. Wise man, I'm sure.

I wasn't sure what she was because most of the yorkies I have ever seen were really ugly. This one is pretty adorable. I think it's the way her ears look like piggytails.

She has a special cut I designed where they shave all that hippie Yorkie hair around her face and body. This is a bit grown out now.

what a be-a-u-tiful little girl.

Wow, I just looked 'em up on wikipedia and those show-length coats... ugh. The short-cut ones are cuter. But Lucy's cut is ultra-cute-- what a sweetie-pie!

Luckily, I was able to see her inner beauty and instruct the groomer accordingly. I do have to say, my dog is vain. She knows she's pretty. It's sick, but I love it.

In all honesty Amy, I really don't mind the little dogs too much as long as they don't constantly yipe. I know this married couple, Joe and Jackie and they have a teacup Chiuahua named Mary that weights a little over two pounds. Whenever we pull up to their house, she hears the bike and comes running down the driveway like a speeding rat. It's kind of amusing to see this little think that could curl up in my hand and go to sleep, so excited to see us. She especially likes men. She will always crawl into your leather jacket and poke her head out. She is a little sweetheart, I have to say, and the guys all spoil her rotten. Whenever I'm over there or anywhere she's around, I am constantly aware of where my feet are because if I stepped on her, I could kill her, and that wouldn't go over very well! Especially with me, I'd feel horrilbe about that. But she doesn't yipe!

Lucy is perfectly behaved, very well-trained, and not allowed to bark. If ever she's outside and she starts barking, she's made to come in and go lie down on her velvet pillow.

I want to get her an enclosed feeder now where she pushes her paw on a button and one kibble comes out at a time. There don't seem to be any of those (on my cursory searches) -- probably because too few people train their dogs.

Oh yeah, my dog uses a litter box if ever I'm not home to let her out. Otherwise, she prefers to do her business en plein air. And she'll sit in my lap four hours, very quietly, if I tell her so. I used to smuggle her back and forth to New York that way. (She has hair instead of fur, so people aren't allergic.)

"(She has hair instead of fur, so people aren't allergic.)" ???? It's actually the dander the allergic are allergic to. You mean, the ones with hair instead of fur don't have this? I ask because my grandson's allergic to cats and dogs. (But for some "strange" reason loves cats, and doesn't exactly hate dogs either.) I'm wonder if there's some can be tolerated then. Next appointment, I'll have my daughter ask the allergist about this. He came home all sad from the other grandmother's house because the kitty (much to his sorrow and disappointment) made him sneeze.

Donna, no dog is 100% hypoallergenic. But dogs that have hair, like Lucy, rather than fur produce much less dander. They also produce a lot less doggy smell. Poodles, most terriers, schnauzers, and wirehaired dachsunds all fall into this category, along with a couple dozen more breeds. Many people with mild to moderate dog allergies can tolerate the hairy breeds. Unfortunately, cats are a much harder case - most people who are allergic react not only to dander but also to the cat's saliva. Pretty hard to avoid with an animal that cleans itself three times a day!

That's correct. The breeds that have to be groomed/shaved are the least problematic for people with allergies. Donna: an Airedale, fox or Irish terrier might be fine choices for your grandson. These breeds often serve as so-called Social Dogs, visiting hospital patients and retirement homes.

It's also correct that a cat's saliva is more allergy-provoking than the actual fur. My former cat (RIP) didn't trigger my allergies much at all, but my current rascal does. She has this odd way of salivating when I pet her, and it drives my sinuses bonkers.

I've said it here before -- I LOVE LUCY! I've got dibs on her if Amy gets herself killed confronting some asshat in a big car.

I also own a smallish dog, a Jack Russel Terrorist, and don't allow her to bark except on command. I've found that channeling the barking helps. My pup is trained to bark in response to "Hopp Schwiiz!", the expression used here in Switzerland to root for the national soccer team. Gets me a free beer every time.

I bring my dog to work, so she has to be well-behaved. By giving her plenty of exercise, I ensure that she's perfectly content to snooze when in the office.

It's not brain surgery.

I've been keeping him away from the next door neighbor's daschund. The cat that visits our front steps probably causes more problems. Allergies are a bitch. Both he and I are allergic to peanuts and the downstairs apartment's can is next to ours and the damn squirrels are always dragging their peanut shells out of the trash and unto our steps (we're the rear apartment). Fortunately, my daughter isn't allergic and can sweep them up.