Pink is fifteen pounds of solid muscle and independence. She doesn’t want to be lifted onto the bed, she wants to get up there herself, but she can’t, so she whines to be up and then when I lean down to get her, she backs up. If I do manage to get [...]

Veronica has turned out to be Marlene’s spiritual sister, Blonde-Lack-of-Ambition. Those of you who read Fast Women may remember Marlene, the greatest dachshund diva known to man. Veronica out-divas her. For example, Veronica does not jump. She will moan until I put her on the couch, and then if everybody leaves, [...]