I figured out what’s wrong with Tucker: he is a European soccer player in a dog’s body.

He will be running around playing just fine, having a grand ol’ time, and then something will cause him slight discomfort (hitting the end of the leash, bumping into a table, Leinie taking his toy).

This causes him to assume the “oh I’m so injured I can’t possibly go on anymore!” flop that soccer players do when someone looks at them too hard.

When we ignore him for a few minutes, he goes all sulky to his corner, as if to say “Fine, if you don’t want More >