Introducing Vincent

It has come to my attention that Vincent has not been properly introduced. That does not seem appropriate since this blog is half named for him. So, we (the numerous staff here at the Path Hill Blog) voted and decided to take this opportunity to introduce Vincent.

He is a spaz. Vincent jumps and bounces and runs and chases squirrels and pokes Picasso with his paw and generally causes chaos. He puts the Party in the Party blog. He may be part of the reason why Picasso is so grumpy. He definitely IS the reason why we have teeth marks in our cabinets.

Vincent is a good doggy, with the best of intentions, but with a definite lack of brain cells. He is the Pinky to Picasso's Brain. You will remember that Picasso ate pins. Vincent has never done that, and it made us think, but still we are certain that Vincent inherited less of the stuff that makes dogs smart.

When we got him, he was a very nervous puppy, really scared and hand shy. In puppy class he was always the example of the scared dog. He has gotten 'better'. There are still times, when he is scared, but now; now he smiles. And when he smiles, his tongue hangs out of his mouth - Odie like. And the farther his tongue hangs out of his mouth, the more brain cells he looses. We suspect it drips out with the drool.

Vincent is either the re-incarnation of a political figure who was assassinated, or a cat. He eats yarn and tries to sit on the back of couch cushions. He is 34 lbs. He hides under blankets and is suspicious of food with pills in it. He will go through great lengths to not eat pills, pulling them carefully out of his food and setting them to the side or hiding them down the hall. He eats anything that is not a pill, and is a horrible counter surfer. We tried white vinegar soaked bread - he went back for seconds. We tried hot sauce, he licked it all up, we tried straight chili powder, he walked the counter licking it up the piles. We tried lemon, he tried taking it from us. We think he has no taste buds. We have no idea why he hates pills, which is why we came to the conclusion that he could be the re-incarnation of an assassinated political figure. If anyone can name an assassinated political figure that also liked to eat yarn, then we will know we have found the answer.

Vincent once gave himself 'Fetch elbow' by showing off to guests while playing fetch in the house.

Vincent is allergic to chicken protein and maybe beef protein. He loves to chew on ropes. He loves to sniff whatever Picasso is sniffing. He hates delivery men (both of the dogs agree on that). He likes to chew on Picasso's ear. Clearly he was named Vincent for a reason.