Sparky is eating breakfast, otherwise, he’d be muscling in on this photo.  His stuffed bunny, George, is barely visible under the t-shirts.  Sparky doesn’t speak English, so I can only speculate.  Sparky seems to be protective of the stuffed bunny, and is concerned that if I see it, I will take it away because I never let him do what he wants. 

Sparky’s list of grievances:

  • He has to dump in the poop pen, rather than a quarter-mile away at the retention pond by the church parking lot, where he likes to shit. 
  • Meals are only twice per day, rather than all the time.
  • He doesn’t get to eat my food.
  • I spend too much time on the computer or watching TV.
  • He isn’t allowed to roll in deer shit as often as he’d like.
  • He comes over and puts his paws on my knee, yet isn’t invited on to the couch and given any treats.  How is that fair?
  • He was given a bath, which goes against everything he’s trying to do.
  • He’s not allowed to live in the culvert pipe the creek flows into.
  • My truck is too high for him to get into. 
  • I make weird sounds and flap my hands around.  Crate?  Lay down?  WTF is any of that supposed to mean?  He walked over and sat down when I looked at him, isn’t that enough?  Where are the treats?