[Lorina]

I'm really lucky. His tail doesn't really tangle. I mostly finger-comb it when I'm petting him just to be sure it's not getting messy, then comb it with a wide-toothed and a lot of leave-in doggie conditioner during bathtime.

That's one thing I love about him. He's very low maintenance, but doesn't look it. Dirt falls off him. I only bathe him about once a month, and brush him maybe twice a week. And people always comment about how much effort I must put into grooming him.

Behind the ears is the only trouble spot.

[Durbkat]

You are so lucky! lol If I don't brush Snoopy daily then he will get mats.

Also no offense is taken, I was just having fun.

[Lorina]

I work with a lot of Shih Tzus, including some with full-length coats. The two breeds are so similar, but the Shih Tzu hair is a much different texture. Like human hair. Really, really long human hair.

I took some more pics this afternoon, and a bad quality (low light) video of him "singing" to go for a walk. I gotta crop the pics, but here's the video. Click to play.

[Lorina]

More photos:

It's like one of those Magic Eye pictures. If you squint and defocus and pretend to look one foot beyond the monitor, you might be able to make out a Pekingese in the midst of all those leaves.



The colors, man, the colors!!!



Smilie Dog!



Doo, do-do, do-do... just wandering around...

[Lorina]

"I heard a bark from three miles away!"



The goofball by the creek. At one point, he was in the creek. It's 39 degrees, and he thinks it's swimming weather.



"Ooh, what's that?!"



His "tough guy" pose.

[Lorina]

"I'd like a Pekingese, on the rocks, shaken, not stirred."



I was holding a rock. He thought it was a ball. I love how his tail is swishing so much, it's blurred.

[Jen D]

lorina he is just a riot! How long have you had him? I might have also asked you this a very long time ago but did you get him before he lost an eye? I think it adds so much character and peek my one eyed wonder was a nut also.

[Lorina]

I came very close to naming him Captain Winky.

I've had him almost a year and five months -- adopted him at an estimated 2 years of age. He lost the eye two months before I got him; he was found stray in New York City with it damaged beyond repair and had to have it removed. I think he spent about a month at the ASPCA before going to the Peke rescue.

I wonder if it was someone who freaked out over the eye injury and abandoned him, or if he got loose and injured his eye while on the run (Knowing him, he could have tried to attack a bus. He hates the bus!), or someone abused him and damaged the eye, or what. I just can't imagine no one looked for him or claimed him. He can be a handful and has some behavioral issues we've mostly worked out, but he's just such a character! It's hard to believe that someone could have him from a little tiny puppy, have him for two years, then suddenly not give a damn.

But he's got the good life now. More toys than he knows what to do with, a park and hiking trail practically in his backyard, structure and discipline, and a couple of crazy adopted parents to dote on him.

[Renoman]

I have to agree, Beav sounds like such a character! He does love the camera and Vogues really well.

I very much enjoy pictures of "The Beav" out and about.

[Jen D]

My father always called Peek winky b/c he couldn't remember Peekaboo. That little one or yours sure ended up in the right hands with you!

[yodarunner]

I'd hate to play hide and go seek with him...I'm suprised you don't have a neon/glow in the dark leash to distinguish him. LOL He really is a ham for the camera, isn't he?

[Lorina]

He is a ham.

We took a longer walk to the other park this morning. The one we usually go to is just a few blocks from home, and this one is about 3/4 of a mile or so. It's really more of a playground, but it has a nice place to walk above the creek.

Sitting pretty...



Combining the plots of JFK and The Fugative, it was the one-eyed Peke on the grassy knoll.



More %$@* leaves!



Booooorrrrnnnn Freeeeee, as free as... as you can be with a leash on...

[Lorina]

A couple pics with a pretty church in the background...





"I'm being railroaded!"



"Ok. Let's go home."

[Renoman]

I love the adventures of Beavis.

[digits mama]

I cant belive how photogenic he is..I cant get mine to stand still long enough to get anything as picturesque as beavis! he is a ham indeed.