Alias: Detour
or Dete
Date of Birth: August 11, 1999
Sex: Male
Breed: Papillon
Color: Red and White
Owner: Tannis Witherspoon
Breeder: Bonnie Primus
Favorite Food: Anyone else's (dog, cat, people)
Favorite Pastimes: Bugging and snapping at Moxie
(Terv)
Detour is a dynamo and trains in Tracking as well as Obedience. He received his Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) degree this October at the SDTC Obedience Trial. Congratulations Dete!
His owner writes: "Detour is the smallest animal in my house (even smaller than the cats) so he has to use his little brain to figure out how to get the best toys. I also have a Malinois whose job it is to alert to anything within a mile of my house. When she barks, all the dogs run downstairs and outside to see what is happening. (I like this behavior as it is their main exercise and I don't have to be involved). One day, Dete barked and all the dogs ran downstairs. Dete did not go with them; instead, he walked over and stole the toy that Moxie had been chewing. Pretty smart for a little guy!!"