War of the Lhasas

Spring has sprung...well, almost. The days are getting warmer and the sun in putting in occasional appearances. The time of year when young ones' thoughts turn to....nope wrong...to stubborn!

The nicer the days become, the more determined the kids are to stay outside, no matter what. Now last year Sunny, Tiffany and Kyra were tiny babies. They napped more inside and demanded less freedom...and Sunny and Butch had not developed the desire to kill each other. It was a lot easier then, they could stay out as long as they wanted to, all of them together, at least they could when they got big enough to wear the collars for the electric fence.

Butch and Sunny's animosity for each other developed suddenly and without warning. One day they were fine and the next they were trying to rip out each others throats. It seems to have been precipitated by the accidental destruction of Butch's favorite toy, weenie dog, in a tug of war. Now this sounds ridiculous, especially considering we are not talking about human children, but, none-the-less, that is where the trouble started, as far as we can determine.

Now this was not a wonton act of intentional malice. It was an accident, pure and simple. Sunny grabbed weenie dog and ran with him with his only intention being to start a game. Butch, being very possessive of his favorite toy, gave chase. Being bigger and therefore, quicker, Butch caught up with Sunny and proceeded to try and reclaim weenie by force. Unfortunately, weenie dog was old and had suffered a great deal or hard use resulting in his becoming badly weakened. His extensive deterioration made him an unlucky choice for this tug-of-war. He immediately tore in half. Each one landed suddenly on their bottoms with half of the now defunct toy hanging from surprised jaws.

Butch's surprise quickly turned to grief, this had been his special toy since babyhood. He had carried it with him everywhere, including a 1700-mile move. He was devastated. No amount of compassion could console him. No other toy was an acceptable replacement. Sunny was oblivious to the impact of what, for Butch, was a major catastrophe. He did not understand Butch's attachment for the toy or even, really, that anything of particular import had occurred. Nevertheless, Butch was unforgiving. His relationship with Sunny declined rapidly from that point on. Soon, Butch was physically attacking Sunny, first at the slightest provocation and later, with not provocation at all. Sunny did not understand Butch's anger or aggressiveness, but he was not going let Butch beat up on him without fighting back.

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