My BA Dog
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:39AM 
Meet Cole. Colebeaner, Coleslaw, Coletrain, big black bastard.
He's our BA dog which means our Bad Ass Dog.
He's also know by some of our friends who have a potty mouth as a BAMF dog. You figure out what that means!
A few years back I was being semi stalked by a basic coward of a guy and being that the husband travels we decided our situation warranted a family dog who would be protective and intimidating if the need arose. He considers himself the keeper of our 'herd' so he tends to keep an eye on everyone. He really is not vicious but he can scare the crap out of folks. Now a days I can sleep knowing this big 120 pound fellow is on guard. We have put a lot of training time in with him, and we are constantly reinforcing his lessons.
When Cole meets strangers on walks we always make him sit down until they pass. Most are pretty amazed at how calm and obedient he can be and venture forth to pet him. He's a funny guy and is my husbands shadow these days.But if you are coming in through the door you see him guarding you had better make sure one of us is there to welcome you in. I have to admit I am jealous of how he follows Raymondo around, being that I am the one who did all the puppy care. I don't think it will get out of hand though because I'm sure my husband remembers what happened last time he had a pet that he spoiled. That thing got so out of hand it was nasty to all the rest of us in the family. That would be Buzz, our former African Grey Parrot.
He was quite smart, had a growing vocabulary and when he spoke he imitated my husband's voice perfectly. It was really creepy. When my husband went on a long trip and Buzz kept letting himself out of his cage, causing all kinds of mischief and finally biting a chunk of skin off my daughters nose I did the only thing a serious woman could do, I sold that sucker to my cousin's husband and he's a happy member of their household now. Recently, I asked my cousin,"How's Buzz?" to which she replied, "that #^%*!!! bird."
Bye bye Buzz, you were too smart for your own good.
BA dog
Reader Comments (1)
I can't believe you suckered your poor cousin into taking that god awful bird. ick.