The big black dog is really weird. All dogs are kind of weird compared to ponies, but this one is especially strange. You know, he lives in the red barn with the little white dog and the lady that feeds us Hey! He comes along with the lady, but the little white dog has not been along while the white stuff is on the ground. So you know how when the lady cuts pieces off our feet, the dogs will grab them and chew them up? The big dog does that, so even tho that seems a little weird, apparently that is normal for dogs. But NOW, the big dog has decided that he wants to eat pieces off our legs too! Right by our knees and our hocks, there are small crusty gray patches that the lady calls chestnuts. EVERYONE has them, and usually they are only a little bit raised from our skin, but they don't have any hair on them and they are kind of flaky. The big dog has been sneaking around the ponies and trying to nibble them off the ponies' legs. So one minute, you are diving your nose into a new fresh pile of Hey! and warning off your sisters Elfe and LuLu and the next thing you know, some doofus dog has his head between your legs, chewing on your knee! It is ridiculous. And two of the ponies, my big sister Gypsy and the beautiful LaPerlita, both had ouchy feet last year after the white stuff left. And now, even tho they don't have ouchy feet, they have chestnuts that are hard and rubbery and don't break off, so the lady has to trim them when she cuts pieces off their feet. But the big dog really wants to chew on them, so he is definitely moving into precarious territory there. But then, it's not like he's the brightest star in the sky -- after all, his day is made when he finds a chunk of frozen pony poop.
