Pooch Sitting

Ok, first of all...this is my (John) first blog on our page, as Dana has much more time and drive to do this kinda thing. So, if you guys like what you've seen prior to this particular post, please comment back and let her know, as she has done a beautiful job of keeping our blog updated.

This Dog, Jaeger (pronounced like "yager" or Jaeger from the infamous label of "Jaeger Meister") has to be one of the most bizarre creatures I have ever encountered. He is a 100 lb European breed of Boxer, INCREDIBLY energetic, and very friendly (never...ever bites.......unless he's playing and even then he never leaves a mark of any kind). He drools to no end and every time he comes around to play he automatically reminds me of one of my favorite Tom Hanks movies, "Turner and Hooch." Remember that disgusting "shoelace" drool that Hooch had hanging from his jowls? That's Jaeger, all the way around. Just stand clear of him when he does that thing that all dogs do...the violent twisting and tossing of his head along the lateral axis of his neck as he slings these shoelace-like gobbs of drool all over the place.

We "Pooch-Sat" for a friend over the weekend in a small, small town called Wiebelsheim. This a quiet farm town that is usually woken up, rather abruptly, when Jaeger is taken for his morning walk. I'm suprised we didn't hear shutters slamming shut as when came out of the front door with him on his leash. He wants to bark at anything that moves, chokes himself nearly to death because he'd rather walk YOU than you walk him, and "marks" EVERY fence post and tree in town atleast once per outing. When we got him back into the house after his walk....he plopped on the floor and wouldn't stop panting (at an unbelievable frequency....as fast as he was breathing, I was suprised the oxygen was reaching his brain, let alone his lungs). But, his owner said it was normal and not to worry.

In the house, it's hard to keep him still. He always wants to play and keeps you on your toes as you're constantly worried about what a dog like that is doing when he turns the corner. But you know it's ok when your what sounds like a duffel bag full of softballs being dropped on the floor...it's just Jaeger getting ready for a nap. I had never seen a dog actually PUSH a leather couch across the floor as he lays down to take a nap until this past weekend.

I'm providing a video and several photos of this dog so that you may get an idea of what it is we had our hands full with for an entire weekend.

In the video...he literally grabs the leash between Dana's hand and where it attaches to his neck in an attempt to "walk" her, instead of the other way around.