{"id":105,"date":"2007-08-18T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-18T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2007-08-18T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2007-08-18T19:50:47","slug":"danger-due-to-maniac-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Danger Due To Maniac (Dogs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vallhunds play hard.  I don&#8217;t say that lightly.  It looks horrifying and sounds even worse.  Their idea of fun is to run around, crash into each other, growl as loudly as they can while they snap their teeth and snort at each other, bite each others legs and wrestle like they&#8217;re on some kind of Ultimate Fighting show.<br \/>\nThis is a promo shot from our horror movie &#8220;VALLHUND!&#8221; (the sequel to the movie &#8220;ROTTWEILER!&#8221;).  Vallhunds have big teeth and apparently can suck their ears into their heads for safety:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Vallhund!\" id=\"image94\" alt=\"Vallhund!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6217.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hey puppy, wanna play?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"wanna play\" id=\"image106\" title=\"wanna play\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6280.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heck yeah!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"heckyeah!\" id=\"image107\" title=\"heckyeah!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6281.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nUp onto the couch (it&#8217;s important to stay comfortable while playing).  Here Nina is performing the classic &#8220;upside down head&#8221; attack:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Play fight\" id=\"image96\" alt=\"Play fight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6226.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina takes a break, Rakki pleads with her to come back and bite him some more:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Play fight 2\" id=\"image97\" alt=\"Play fight 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6231.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So she does:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"So she does\" id=\"image98\" alt=\"So she does\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6234.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sing-along time (Vallhunds know how to rock out):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image115\" alt=\"sing along\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6251.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nNow they get to the soulful duet:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"sing along 2\" id=\"image111\" title=\"sing along 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6228.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The adult Vallhund&#8217;s bark is loud enough to blow smaller animals off their feet:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"boing\" id=\"image108\" title=\"boing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6275.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ker-SPROING!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"kersproing\" id=\"image109\" title=\"kersproing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6273.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rakki, always at the cutting edge of fashion, sports this year&#8217;s trend, the Vallhat:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"Nina hat\" id=\"image99\" alt=\"Nina hat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6239.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nina performs a sneak attack:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"sneak attack\" id=\"image112\" alt=\"sneak attack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6253.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nRakki is doomed now:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"doomed\" id=\"image100\" alt=\"doomed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6242.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The proud winner poses with her trophy:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"noble\" id=\"image103\" alt=\"noble\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6260.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After dispatching its prey with a bite to the neck, the Vallhund begins to consume its meal:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"eating prey\" id=\"image101\" alt=\"eating prey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6248.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to stop occasionally for an affection break:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"Kisses\" id=\"image95\" title=\"Kisses\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6221.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And some snuggles:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"snuggles\" id=\"image113\" alt=\"snuggles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6250.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nLife would be so much easier if only these two liked each other even a little bit:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" title=\"aww\" id=\"image104\" alt=\"aww\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alkemi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dsc_6264.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vallhunds play hard. I don&#8217;t say that lightly. It looks horrifying and sounds even worse. Their idea of fun is to run around, crash into each other, growl as loudly as they can while they snap their teeth and snort at each other, bite each others legs and wrestle like they&#8217;re on some kind of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11,20,19,5],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-dogs","tag-nina","tag-rakki","tag-vallhunds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alkemi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}