dachshund

an observation

Yes, I have cats, but I definitely think puppies are cute. Also, I normally am not a big dachshund fan- something about their body proportions feel unnatural to me, like an old, overweight man who has to have his jeans altered shorter due to his disproportionate barrel-gut-to-fred-flinstone-legs-relationship.

However, I was waiting at the bus stop this fine autumn morning (we're having a good season, so crisp and sunny and colorful), and a couple walked up with a tiny dachshund puppy on a leash. It was so small, it was gerbil-sized. It was so incredibly cute.

I think somehow the combination of the tiny, near-legless body, with the large, youthful-and-not-yet-too-pointy head, and also its unbounded baby energy, was what made it so cute. It was like a little cartoon. I just wanted it to raise its flappy little ears and flutter around the bus shelter.