Dogs. Dogs with personality. I’ve known dogs with a lot of personality. I knew an Eskimo Dog named Ijinguk or Crazy Eyes. He was a medium sized dog, aTiny husky and a scrapper. Eskimo Dogs are working dogs. They are also a pack animal as in pack of wolves. They sort out their own hierarchy. Their is an alpha male, usually with two subordinates of high rank. This kind of structure makes itvery hard to challenge the alpha male, althoughone of the high ranking subordinates can and do challenge the alpha male. Usually these challenges are nothing more than skirmishes for food, space, or the right to mate.

Crazy Eyes wasn’t a massive dog, more of the mid size dog, but he had heart. He was the top enforcer and didn’t like anybody to crowd him. Not even the alpha male. He eventually became an alpha male, a place that was just to his liking.

Siuluk (Bad ears) was a gluttonous dog. I personally didn’t know him, but uncle used to speak about that dog as though he was talking about one of his friends. Bad Ears was a scrawny dog. He was low ranking, with a large appetite and personality. He lived to eat and when feeding time came, he would wolf down his food. Even if it was frozen. He ate so fast that the meat Did nothave time to properly thaw and the cold meat would injured his stomach. He would cry in pain, but even as he cried he crock his eyes for another nibble to steal.

Once he spotted a chance for a steal, he would get quiet and go into stalk mode. He position himself right behind his potential victim. Then he wouldstart to close in quietly. Then with a desperate lunge, he would charge for the meat of his desire. Only another dog was already gnawing on it.

Bad Ears usual trick was to come in under his victims legs and grab the meat. The he would dash for it, while his victim was taken by surprise. Bad Ears only made enough distance to give himself a chance togulp down his meal. He never had time for savoring.

Bad Ears would then huddle to the ground andbegin gulping. Within a moment, his victim would arrive and with indignation and a vengeful fight. Even when the victimized dog began to beat on him, Bad Ears paid no heed. His heart was in the gulping. The victimized dog did his best to make Bad Ear give up the meat, but Bad Ears never gave up even a scrap. The victims only recourse was to take it out on Bad Ears, which meant tearing at the ears. Tatter Ears once had a name before his owner decided Bad Ears suited him better.