Every four years, the world comes together to celebrate it's athletes in the Olympic Games. Each country send the best of the best to compete in such events as gymnastics, ice skating, and running.
Every four hours, however, our little neighborhood holds it's own form of Olympics – Barking.
The contestants?
Brigid – the current champion and reigning queen of the bark-a-thon. Brigid is a 5-year old Australian Shepherd originally hailing from Durham, NC. Although small and lithe for her breed, she had fierce, powerful lungs – and knows how to use them.
Coming in with the silver is another Aussie – originally from Raleigh, NC – Penny, the Dog Next Door. Penny is approximately 6 months old, and still hasn't grown into her bark yet. With the installation yesterday of a brand new fencing system, she suddenly has full view of both Brigid and our bronze medalist. Her bark is less frequent and quieter, but this commentator predicts that, as she grows, she'll be in strong competition for the lead.
Side note: to the untrained eye, these two athletes look just the same – both are tri-colored Aussies. However, Brigid is taller and leaner, whereas Penny maintains the "standard" Aussie physique of being lower to the ground, a bit stockier, and a lot fluffier.
Coming in a distant third is Spike – the chow two doors down. Spike only occasionally joins into the bark-o-lympics – but when he does, his bark is deep, rich, and powerful. Think the James Earl Jones of barks. Spike, however, is constantly breaking loose from his run, though, so he dosen't have to bark to get attention… he simply saunters over to play. It used to piss me off. Now I'm used to it.
All three of these contestants, when out in their respective outdoor areas, now have full view of each other. This should be interesting.
*grin*
