Vash the Stampede, right, suspicious of my motives with the camera flashing in his face. Sometimes we here at The Table get a little silly...today would be one of those times. It's Remy's birthday this week. Remy is a Westie and he owns Sara and Ryan, The Winemaker and His Wife out in California. Sara played along with a Doggie Tag for Remy's birthday, so we are playing along today for Sar and Remy. If you want to check out Remy's answers, click on the connect to The Winemaker's Wife blog to your left. So, in the spirit of holiday frivolity and all...here is the Dog Tag, and a Christmas tune for you today...click here for, you guessed it, Snoopy vs. The Red Baron Christmas. Sometimes you just have to let silliness win out...it lightens the heart. Pippin, Lord of the Rings, left, displaying fine Tibetan Spaniel frog-legged lounging pose.
1. What breed are you?
We are Tibetan Spaniels, a far superior breed to anything else out there, that's why there are so few of us, and why we have been so esteemed and treasured by Tibetan emperors.
Pippin: We have the papers to prove it, would you like to see them?
Vash: Not that I need to prove anything, of course, but if I did, I do have them. So there.
2. How old are you?
Pippin: September 24, 2002
Vash: May 23, 2003
3. What is your full name?
Pippin: Pippin, Lord of the Rings
Vash: Vash the Stampede
4. Do you have any nicknames?
Pippin: Pip, Pipster
Vash: Vash IS my nickname. Sometimes I will answer to "Vashie," but only if absolutely necessary and no one outside the family is around to hear it. Geesh....
5. Where do you sleep?
Pippin: At night, in my doggie bed. During the day, anywhere up off the floor so that I have an excellent view of everything that is going on. We are, you know, guard dogs...it is born us, so we must do it...really, we must.
Vash: At night, in my doggie bed. During the day, anywhere I can be in someone's way.
6. What is your favorite thing to do?
Pippin: Go for a drive in the car.
Vash: Go for a walk so I can terrorize all the neighborhood dogs and anything else in my way.
7. What is something unusual or interesting about you?
Pippin: I am very smart about all the routines around here. I keep everyone on schedule. I KNOW when it is time for things like getting up in the morning, eating, walking, going places, guys leaving for school, guys coming home from school, guys coming home from work. I know and if it doesn't happen on schedule, I let everyone know about it.
Vash: Everything about me is unusual and interesting. I like to keep them all guessing. All the time.
8. Who is your best friend?
Pippin: Mom and Matt and Vash...I am very protective of home, family, and territory, and if you want to play here, you better be related to me or be with a member of my family. Having food or bribes won't do it.
Vash: Dad and Matt and Pippin...I do not play with other dogs well. It's them or me...so I am always thinking: ME!
9. Did you go to obedience school...if so were you "Top Dog" or would you flunk out?
Pippin: I really don't need to go to obedience school as I am a real people pleaser around the house and a very good boy most all of the time. The worst that can be said about me is that I like to tear up Kleenex if I get a chance.
Vash: Obedience school you say? Really? I can make them all go to obedience school? No one ever told me that...I will check into sending them all immediately! And, BTW, there is no training a Tibbie...we do what we do because we are superior to anything around and we know it. I like having the rep that I only do what I want to do when I want to do it...I figured out long ago that cats have it made with this sort of behavior, so why can't I?
10. Can you do any tricks?
Pippin: I can sit and stay if I feel like there is a reason to do so that will net me a treat or a hug. Tibbies are born all black and they get blonde as they age and get older. We have two coats of fur, the outer one you see, and an inner one of downy fur which is very useful in places like Tibet...not so much in places like Indiana.
Vash: I can get the people around here, especially the big tall guy with gray hair, to do anything I want when I want it. I'd say that's the best trick of all, wouldn't you? Oh, and I fetch...when it suits me to do so. I am a champion dog, a veteran of the show ring, and the year I finished my championship, in only five shows, no less, I was one of the top male Tibbies in the United States. Don't ask what happened next, but I will say that things haven't been the same since.
Now if you're reading this and you're a doggie, or if a doggie lives at your house (or even a cat, I guess), we invite you to play along. Just post these questions on your blog and answer them, then tag somedoggie else if you like. Oh, and clue us in on your post as we would love to see what goes on in other doggies' houses!