Hippo Watch: Saturday
So sorry this has nothing to do with food…but I can’t help myself. Look at that face!
Time since last accident: 7 hours and 40 minutes (but he was some 50 hours strong before that, I swear)
New favorite foods: Orange slices and garbanzo beans. He likes to chase and scarf the beans when I toss them. I’m hoping he can work up to something impressive and playful like catching them in mid-air, but so far he just lets the little beans bonk his noggin or roll on the ground next to him. Even so, he really, really seems to enjoy the bean game.
Best event of today from Hippo’s point of view: Meeting (and very extensively sniffing) Chica from next door. She’s a big and boisterous dog who rolled over on her back and let tiny Hippo lick her from her teeth (yes, really, her actual teeth) to her—well, you know—for some 10 full minutes.
Best event of today from Laurel and the Unicyclist’s point of view: Two anxiety-free Hippo poops in the out-of-doors. (Hippo has been neurotic about doing business in front of us on his walks; I think he’s worried we’ll hit him, so he spins and cries horribly when he has to go.) Here’s hoping we get a third one in before calling it a night.
On the To-Do List: Get Hippo a sweater. Watching this lightly-furred Chihuahua mix quake in the 40-degree weather finally helps me understand why some people dress up their dogs in clothes. I don’t care if all the other dogs do make fun of you, honey, we’re getting you a sweater. Maybe something in a nice argyle.
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Hippo would look dashing in a sweater, and the other little dogs in the neighborhood are bundled up!
I’m so happy to learn that Hippo is doing so well, especially how he is calming down and getting that safe feeling with you. It sounds like he had a lot of trauma before, and it says so much about you that he has taken to you quickly. You’ve got a gift there. Had to laugh at the orange slices, I’m imagining a happy Hippo with the orange juice dripping from his chin in joy
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