As anyone who’s ever lived with or encountered a small dog knows, the “small” is a complete misnomer. Small dogs are not small, they are the biggest, fiercest, humongousest creatures out there. My own nine-pound long-haired Chihuahua My Guy routinely protects me from other dogs (who are simply minding their own business) and large inanimate objects as a show of his strength. The fact that My Guy just so happens to look like a lusciously-maned model with a Garnier Fructis contract is all part of his cover; make no mistake, he is a lethal foe! And so is Scout , the five-pound fluffy-haired Pomeranian who calls Vancouver home. Last week an intruder trespassed on Scout’s turf , and Scout was NOT having it! It didn’t matter that the intruder was a black bear cub, Scout chased that cub out o

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