The Little Green Monster

Rio is not a toy dog. Rather he's not really into playing with toys very much. One exception is a floppy green monster toy a friend gave us. It has two squeekers in it, one in the tummy and one in one of the hands. Every once and a while Rio gets a burst of energy and will chomp on the green monster trying to find the squeek. His ears go back and his eyes open wide with determined focus.

When he is playing with his monster is the only time we see him go into the sphinx position - the famous pose the Sphinx is sculpted in. I'm not too sure how comfortable it is for him to be in it, but we love seeing him in it. He looks so Egyptian!

After a minute Rio is done with his chomping, shaking, and sphinxing. Interest in the little green monster is done. Life goes on. Back to napping.

This picture wasn't posed at all. I just happened to look up and there was the green monster, protecting Rio's dreams.