you know your dog is an angel when you leave him alone in the car with a hamburger and sweet potato fries while you run into the post office and then wait in line to mail your packages and you come back to find the food where you left it – completely untouched.

yes. that was atlas yesterday. i was so impressed with his cuteness and angelic-ness. as we drove home, i told him how angelic he was and fed him most of my sweet potato fries as a reward.

except that all of a sudden, it occurred to me that if i had come back to find that he had eaten the hamburger and sweet potato fries, i would have been impressed with his cuteness and cleverness.

either he eats the hamburger and sweet potato fries on his own, or i feed most of them to him as a reward for good behavior. either he is cute and angelic, or cute and clever.

clearly he wins no matter what he does.

(it is at this moment that i realize – yet again – how very well trained i am.)