Denise Flaim, a Newsday staffer since 1994, covers companion animals
– not pets -- every Monday in her Animal House column. Denise
is owned by two Rhodesian Ridgebacks, and is involved in breeding,
conformation (code for "dog shows"), lure-coursing (don’t
worry, no one else knows what that is, either), obedience, agility
and therapy-dog work. She is the historian of the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Club of the United States, and author of "The Holistic Dog
Book: Canine Care for the 21st Century" (Wiley, 2003) and "Getting
Lucky: How One Special Dog Found Love and a Second Chance at Angel’s
Gate" (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2005).
Oh, how adorable. But Tinkerbell is distinctive also with her Chi/JRT background - she has a target right on her butt thus her a/k/a/ "Target Butt!"
Okay Rooooby, why do I know you will have something funny to say to this posting (hee, hee).
Posted by: Kathleen Stephenson | September 04, 2007 at 07:09 PM
Ewwwww KathleenSssss,
I shop at Target, pronounce it Tar-jay so it sounds classy...I'll think of Target Butt everytime I go there after this..
I have a wart in the shape of a wart, does that count?
I'm not saying where the wart is...its classic..
Posted by: rooooby | September 04, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Roooby - You are so funny! Yes, and Tinkerbell's little white tail extends out from that target butt just like an arrow... I laugh at her target butt all the time.
Jill and I used to laugh about Tinkerbell and her Molly's "target butts" in our e-mails. It is a cute little JRT trait they have ...
And Roooby, when I used to hate my freckles, my grandfather had this funny little song he would sing which said, "She has freckles on her butt, she is pretty." So don't worry about that wart, just sing my grandfather's song and substitute "wart" for "freckles."
Posted by: Kathleen Stephenson | September 05, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Guess puppy mills aren't a phenomonen of the USA -- note she has bred over 1000 puppies. Interesting since chihuahua's have litters of 3-4.
Posted by: Runamokdog | September 10, 2007 at 06:44 PM
Chihuahuas have always been my favorite dog breed. They are cutest and sweetest dogs in the world.
Posted by: Katie McNiel | July 05, 2008 at 06:09 PM