zig’s human equivalent would be the kid sporting the frog
costume 24-7 - he’s an eccentric little bugger. if you know me at all then you know that’s right down my
alley…i’m all for letting his freak flag fly. consequently he does things that we wouldn’t allow anyone
else to do (but in reality no one else really has any interest in doing). he’s been known to sit on pretty much
anything that gets him closer to me, including but not limited to tables. in zig’s defense most of the time when
a dog gets on a table they’re looking for food but that’s never his motivation.
up until a few months ago zig was still spending the night
in his crate (it only took about 1-1/2 years to get him housebroken – he’s
now proudly about 95% reliable).
because of his puppy mill status i think the crate was a double-edge
sword: he was comfortable in it
but i also think it was impeding his building confidence. a little while ago i decided we needed
to do away with it but i also wanted him to have a safe spot, a spot that was
his. i looked down at my bedside
table and decided to clean it out, make a little bed for it and see if zig
would like it and oh, did he ever.
it tickles me to no end to watch him hop into his cabinet. we’ve dubbed it the “man cave” – zig
loves to be surrounded by toys and things that smell like us and he’ll take it
all in with him. if one of us
leaves any piece of clothing within his grasp, be it a sock, shirt, pants,
shorts, anything we’ve worn, you can bet you’ll find it in the man cave. the only negative aspect is other dogs
used to come up in the morning to see me but zig has essentially created a
force field and he will blow a gasket if anyone comes within 10 feet of me
before we get up. it's a little hard to get a picture of him in his cave but i think you can get the drift...
he’s my little idiosyncratic nutbag and i adore him. here’s a little compilation of zig on things:
on a table
on a chair
on a bar stool
on a table (awake this time)
on the platform under our bed
on a shelf
on another table
on the kitchen table
on my rebounder (while i workout beside him)