Worst Guard Dog Ever

This is one my favorite puppy memories. The day after we adopted Bailey, we went to one of the ex's friend's place to watch a football game (hey! no more byob to a dirty house and making pointless small talk in between plays and smoke breaks. Sweet!). We brought Bailey with us because the the ex's other dog was there, (he and this friend adopted him when they were roommates, but eventually the other guy kept him full time after they moved into different places), and we (ok, he) thought the socialization would be good for Bailey.

Well, Tiki (other dog (and a name change)) is old and big, but the ex always played a little rough with him. So while they rough housed some, I held 12-lbs Bailey in my lap so she wouldn't get hurt in the tussle. When Tiki got tired, he plopped down on the floor and that was the end of that. But all Bailey saw was the bigger dog "attacking" her new daddy. She sees the plop as a golden opportunity, scampers over to Tiki, lets out this tiny yip and then runs strait back to me. Unphased, Tiki just sighed a dog sigh and Bailey clambered back on my lap.

Such a big protector! But then a few weeks later:


She was scared of the ice cubes in her water dish! You can't see the cubes in the video, and it was shot with a cellphone, but it's so cute!

Now as a 45-lbs dog, I think (hope) she could cause harm if she was actually protecting me. But sigh, guard dog she is not. She may bark her head off when the doorbell rings and bolt to the door, but that pretense goes up real fast. She takes one sniff and then attacks the person with kisses.