Meanie Beanie the Weenie

My friends, Trish & Boone, have a Weenie dog - Daschund, to be proper. His name is Bean. He's super cute! Not too obsessive, like some I've met. He is, however, a bully. Yes, a bully.

He wasn't real sure about Belay when they first met, so I held Belay back, made him lay down and stay put so Beanie wouldn't feel threatened. Belay is at least 5 times as big as Beanie.

Within a couple hours, Beanie was barking at Belay whenever he walked by - AFTER he walked by. It was like he was saying "And don't come back!" Belay got the hint. At one point, Belay was hunkered down in the bathroom and wouldn't come out when I called him from down the hall. Turns out, Beanie was right outside the door and Belay was afraid to walk out!

Beanie continued to push the big Poodle around for a few days, until the last night they were together, when he finally brought down his guard, and there was great fun to be had by all. Beanie found out that Belay just wanted to play after all, and he didn't need to be so insecure as to bully him around.

A lesson we could all learn now and again, I suppose...

Here are some cute pics of the Meanie Weenie, Beanie: