We’re thinking of getting one of those OSHA-style signs to announce this fact, of course we’d need it to be dry erase. But wait, you’re wondering what a Vince-ident is I’m guessing. Basically, a Vince-ident is when Doug-Doug tries to kill Vince. No, not when they fight over food or a toy or something…DD honestly tries to kill Vince.
Sometimes we can see it coming – Vince doesn’t see and will occasionally bump into DD who reacts with lethal force. But more recently, we don’t get a warning. Its like a flip switches and DD will stalk Vince and attack without mercy. Vince of course fights back but without being able to see or hear he’s kind of at a disadvantage.
Moral of the story is we love Vince and we love Doug-Doug and we continue to try to rehab DD but since we can’t trust them alone – we don’t leave them alone…EVER. They are never within reach of each other if one of us isn’t there to supervise. And when I say we’re there I mean we’re ‘there’ – no walking around on the phone, no running to get the door or check mail, no folding laundry in the other room…they are within our sight and reach at all times.
This is what taking responsibility for your companion animal’s welfare is about – not just buying a fancy collars or a ton of toys. We continue to work with DD and tell him the old adage ‘you can’t pick your family’.
In the time its taken me to write this, we’ve hit 29 hours without a Vince-ident!