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Last weekend, I had a volleyball tournament at Lakeview Beach. It's a little hidden world in Ohio, where you can almost taste a bit of California. Of course, there are always quite a few people there and it's for the most part, dog friendly...so you'll see a lot of pups walking the boardwalk.
Well, we never let an opportunity go to waste! So while I'm playing in the tournament, Becky will bring Kodo up to help cheer us on. In between our games, we were on the grass by the boardwalk watching the volleyball and enjoying the weather, when a young couple starts to walk past us with their pup, a Japanese Chin.
Now this little girl stood only about 18" tall and weighed maybe no more than 10 lbs....roughly about the same size/weight class as Kodo's gigantic head. Well, according to the couple, their pup thinks that she's a big dog...while we know that Kodo still thinks he's a small dog. A perfect match!
So instantly, the Japanese Chin took the initiative, tail wagging, and started to nudge Kodo to get up and fight like the "little" dog that she his. Well, of course, Kodo's tail starts going crazy, and you can tell that he's ready to play. Now playing between dogs is pretty normal, but what made this special is the slight size mismatch: the Chin on four paws only stood a little higher than Kodo's head. While Kodo, on four paws probably couldn't even see the Chin from that height (think AT-AT). So, to make things even, Kodo never stood up, while the Chin got up on her two hind legs, like a boxer.
The Chin was much feistier in her boxing stance. She'd be ducking and weaving and then lay on a few blows with her quick paws. While Kodo's head (since he apparently agreed to a height handicap) would simply take the blows, and then either give a single paw of his own or a nudge with his gigundus snout. The Chin would go flying, then just get up and come back for more. I really wish I had a video camera, because words really cannot describe the scene. Here's how my memory plays it out...
Chin (on two hind legs bouncing crazily and throwing punches): bouncebouncebounce....whapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhap...
bouncebounce....whapwhapwhapwhapwhap...bouncebouncebounce....
Kodo (in his down position) with one paw: THUMP!
Chin goes flying backwards, gets up, runs to Kodo, boxing stance:
bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce...whapwhapwhap....
bouncebouncebounce...whapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhapwhap....
bouncebouncebouncebounce....whapwhap...
Kodo (again, in his down position) with snout: SHLORP!
Lather, Rinse, Repeat...
This went on for at least 30 minutes and was funny enough to warrant a blog post! Again, sorry for the lack of video...
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