Athena the Bischon was a wild dog.

We bought her partly to keep our old dog Cappy

From growing old too quickly

And the way she played with him did keep him young for a long time..  

 

She would chase and run through his legs barking and snapping

Showing herself as Athena the wild dog

She tested her 15 pound body against the

80 pound body of our older Golden Retriever

 

One time we took her to our friend’s house

And then we went to a movie theatre, leaving her and the other dog home alone

Just to show that Athena was a wild dog

She opened the refrigerator and ate hamburger

 

She was a great and crazy hunter too, rooting out the homes 

where baby rabbits lived 

and attacking the mothers and babies

But that was just Athena’s nature as a wild dog.