For the record, we’ve had three of them (currently two) and I’ve never seen one of them engage in tail chasing activity. This I take to be a good sign, as repetitive tail chasing can be a sign of a bored and not well adjusted dog, and it can become compulsive to the point of being destructive. I’ve actually read a case where a dog had to be put down because it got locked into obsessive tail chasing behavior to the point the dog was wasting away, and medication wasn’t helping. I guess term limiting is meant to be a way of euthanizing our state legislators … so we can get a fresh batch of inexperienced tail chasers to fill their seats!

But I digress. My real point is that although my weenie dogs aren’t tail chasers, they are quite limber, and do regularly engage in various other doggish behaviors that involve licking their nether regions. Based on that observation, I would have to say it IS unfortunately technically feasible – and more likely – that a weenie dog would catch it’s own tail than it is that we will any time soon make the difficult and politically distasteful decisions necessary in order to balance our state budget.

After I posted this last week, I sent you an email apologizing for the imagery and letting you know that “I am not now nor have I ever been an anti-dachshundite.” I stand by that statement, although I can also say that I now know much more about weiner dogs than I’m comfortable with….