Horatio was shipped off to my wife's parents a few years back.... Long story, but my wife could not establish dominance with the damn thing. So off he went......
Now my in laws are quite special/ My wifes brother still lives at home (34) and the Mother and Father in law develop fantasies to live in constantly..........like the fantasy that Horatio is actually a person, so he's a 3 meal a day man now....gettin big. Eats people food exclusively. Yeah I know, bad for the dog. But I'd have more luck getting through to Horatio than my in laws.
Well in all this, a typical day for Horatio starts at 0500 when he kicks my father in law out of bed (growls and kicks) and my father in law won't fight back or argue because he does not believe in violence with animals of any sort. Then Horatio snuggles up to my mother in law and snores the house down for a couple hours until he smells breakfast. Then upstairs to see what food he can steel. When my mother in law comes up, he goes for glory and shags the hell out of her leg........Just to show my father in law who's boss and add insult to injury.
My brother in law tried to be the boss in that house once, but he lost a fight with Horatio awhile back when he was drunk, so now he's number 2 or 3 in the pecking order..... Horatio has established a firm number 1 position.
When I visit, Horatio and I get into a fight right off the bat. I grew up with dogs, all types, so I don't lose. For those days I'm there, I'm number 1. But he still shags my mother in law every morning, so good on him. I don't stop him.
