Houdini was laid back and mellow, the total opposite of what most people think a Shih Tzu is like... And very, very protective. One time the first ex was going to lay me out with a ball bat because I wouldn't let him have his way and the dog, now keep in mind that this is a small dog, jumped up and clamped onto his crotch and just hung there, refusing to let go and acting like it was a rat or something that he was trying to kill. Thrashing back and forth violently while the ex screamed like a banshee from pain. The guy slept on the couch for the last two weeks before heading off to basic training, not asking or demanding a damn thing from me.
He washed out, by the way, because they found drugs in his system. The divorce was already in the works and I couldn't have been happier to be away from him, because I didn't know about his problem, he was very good at hiding it. Besides, he was gone most of the time doing his thing and I didn't see him much unless he wanted a shower or sex. He got the shower but ugh! He was a total failure in everything, still is from what I hear from his third wife. Gimme a break, I was nineteen when we married and only twenty when I divorced him! He and Houdini hated each other on first sight, by the way.
I'm working on making a Sim of my Houdini, btw, just because of missing him so much. If I ever get it right, I may just post him up for download! That is one thing EA pissed me off with when Pets came out! No Shih Tzu template. Those people are just so wrong! I'd rather have one of those than a beagle, for pity's sake. Can't stand beagles, my nephew's beagle contributed to the death of my Magoo cat last May... I still hate that little bitch... Ok, better end this post afore you folks have a novel to read, LOL!
Wow. Your Houdini sounds like my old neighbors dog Tasha. She stayed with us for a couple of weeks before my folks split up, and she HATED my da. Once he was trying to get cozy with my mom and she jumped onto her lap and growled and bared her teeth at Da, it was funny because she was the most mellow dog in the world, none of us had ever heard her growl before and neither (we discovered) did our neighbor.
I'd love to download Houdini if you ever upload her.