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The Ninja Dognapper

During a recent business trip to Atlanta, I met the Ninja Dognapper. She’s a gorgeous blonde who can’t stand to see a dog in distress. It bothers her so much, in fact, that she goes out in the dark of night, dressed in black and armed with hotdogs, to liberate canines who are living lonely lives at the end of chains.

As we were driving around Atlanta in her dogmobile (complete with a dashboard that has been chewed by one of her grateful pooches), she detailed how she can’t resist the temptation to sneak into some half-wit’s yard to liberate a dog who is being abused or neglected.

I asked her if she was afraid of getting shot by some pissed off weasel, and she didn’t even flinch. The dog’s welfare is just too important to pause at such peril. She’s not even worried the dog might turn on her. Enough hot dogs will appease even the most savage of beasts.

I left Atlanta with a newfound faith in humanity and wishing I had the balls and bravery to do the same, especially after reading the plight of the forlorn St. Bernard that some piece of shit redneck had on a chain in Tennessee. The poor thing got tangled in its chain and chewed its own leg off to escape. Thank god the Ninja Dognapper is out there, moving stealthily through the night, saving Man’s best friend from Man.

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Xena the cone head …




xena_cone.jpg

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

I took Xena to the vet Thursday for what I thought was going to be minor surgery to remove a golf-ball size tumor from her ear. Not quite. Apparently, the tumor was solidly connected to the ear , not hanging by a thread, as I’d thought.

When I went to pick her up, she was pretty doped up and wearing a large cone made of hard plastic.

“She’ll get used to it,” the vet tech said as he helped me load her into the truck. “My lab learned to use his as a weapon.”

Poor Xena cried through the night Thursday, keeping me up and prompting me to lie on the floor next to her for a while to comfort her. She must have been in a good bit of pain. And she’s a schemer. Apparently, Lara did the same thing a few times during the night, too.

It’s now been a few days of life with the cone. The pain appears to be gone but not the indignation at having to wear a giant white hood. But as the vet tech predicted, she’s learned to use the cone as a battering ram, sweeping aside me and the other dogs as she barges through the house. So far, though, it’s doing a great job of keeping her away from the wound, which is healing nicely. We’ll find out whether the tumor was benign or malignant this week …

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Perros de Peru




Hairless Dog

Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

While I was traveling in Peru, I was astounded by the number of dogs I saw. Perhaps even more astounded by the fact that most of them were in pretty good shape, even the ones that obviously were strays. Peruvians apparently love their dogs, and that’s just another reason to love Peruvians. Here are a few pictures I took of dogs I encountered during my travels, including the hairless dog of Peru in this photo, which was taken at the pre-Incan pyramid of Huaca Huallamarca in the San Isidro section of Lima. Apparently, this forlorn creature is Peru’s national pooch.