She has a Disorder

We call it a tongue disorder! The dog is completely, totally unable to keep her tongue in her mouth! Really. I'm not sure we've ever seen it in her mouth. And, it seems to be connected to her tail…which is somehow more connected to her butt than most dogs. It goes something like this. Her tongue hangs out and starts moving back and forth, her head moving with it. At the other end, her butt wags, causing her tail to move back and forth. Seriously, the tongue and head go one way and the butt and tail go the other way.

People come over and and ask what is wrong with our dog. I tell them she's a mini Marley. Seriously, if she was bigger, we'd be in serious trouble! Hubby tells them she has a tongue disorder. The thing is, they believe us…because it looks like she really does! I'm sure if we took her to the vet, he'd agree. It's probably got some long, weird name and there is no cure and we'd pay a lot of money just to not be able to pronounce it, so we just accept it for what it is and when asked, we tell them, "She has a tongue disorder."

Personally, I think she's a little off, too. The problem is that she just doesn't realize that she's a dog. She thinks she a cat perhaps? The dog is small, but she can jump through windows. Seriously. And she can catch birds out of the air. Really. But mainly, she has a tongue disorder.

She acts dumb, and sometimes, I wonder why we keep her. But really, she's pretty smart. I think she knows it, too, and just acts dumb. And she gets away with it because we feel sorry for her, because of her tongue disorder.

I guess you could say that she fits in with our family well. I never thought we'd have a dog, let alone two. Our family comes with multiple…er…disorders. We don't do normal.

Which is why we keep her, even with her tongue disorder.