Oh Chip! What Have I Gotten Myself Into?

Killian is a weird little dog. I expect a lot of stories from him. He is my foster dog and comes from a hoarder situation where he was barely touched by people. While he's generally comfortable with dogs, he's terrified of being touched by people. He's also a bit of a bully when it comes to dogs who don't stand up to him. Usually the dogs are a little bigger than he is and a little nervous with dogs. Here is one of his more memorable stories from his first week with me.

I picked Killian up the week before the Super Bowl. I worked with him a little but he was still pretty terrified of new people. I threw my annual Super Bowl party and made sure he had a place to retreat to. To my surprise, he hung around in the living room quite a bit. Mostly trolling for food and snacks from everyone. He handled things pretty well until just after half time when we heard something a bit strange. It sounded like a potato chip bag being crumpled but the sound was moving through the house, as were teeny tiny foot steps. Suddenly, a floating potato chip bag came flying into the room and ran through the back of the house. As it retreated, we could see it was powered by little chiweenie legs. Well, now we know why the potato chip bag is moving, but how am I going to get close enough to this tiny dog who doesn't trust me at all yet to rescue him? Fortunately, he was running laps trying to figure it out. I stood near a doorway and snatched the bag off his head as he ran through. He stopped and looked around at the entire party laughing. To his credit, he shook it off and took up a position in the corner to observe the rest of the day. He definitely got some chips after that ordeal!