My Forgotten Dog

I forgot about dholes. Completely. They were the first wild dog I loved, before wolves, before Coyote, before jackals and hyaenas and foxes, there was the dhole. Kipling's 'Red Dog', forever living in infamy because of his bleak portrait. But I loved the dhole because in 'The Jungle Book', everything ran from them, even the tiger and the water buffalo.

It was an X-Files rerun that reminded me of them, something about a cryptomorph, some kind of Kung Pao Dhole or something similar, and I missed it the first time they named it, but the word rang clear the second time around. They are so very pretty, too, like tall foxes.

I'm so freaking tired today, don't even know why... Rob's going car hunting yet again tomorrow. I hope he comes home w/something suitable. WoW keeps locking my computer up for no apparent reason, so I'm trying to update my video driver. Blegh.