The lummox makes a statement ...

... of a sorts. You know he has a thing about big dogs, possibly because he has short little stubby legs about 6 inches long. And penguin paws. And little ears that look like bat wings flapping around.

So I took him for one of our favorite short walks. Up the street, under the trees, and to the cul-de-sac overlooking the beautiful 421 Strip. Almost to the cul-de-sac is a tall steep bank. On the top of the bank is an enormous dog pen. Inside the pen are two absolutely huge dogs that don't like the sight of the little lummox too much. They yell at him. He used to get nervous and rush on by.

I think he has figured out, though.

This day he walks on by, and then immediately turns around and starts back before he had even reached the cul-de-sac, which is the end of his walk. He'd never done that before. He gets right under the bank where the two dogs are yelling at him.

And he squats and takes a very deliberate poop. The big dogs' heads nearly explode with indignation. Lummox does a little victory pawing at the ground with his hind legs and struts off.

Showed them.