Dachshund Chronicles:Toto don't fence me in

In Toto's world the word mini did not exist. He was a Great Dane. Our next door neighbors had a beautiful Golden Retriever named Toby. Toby was very large for a golden but he had to have a huge body to house his great big golden heart and that trademark smile. Toby spent most of his days in his huge shady fenced in back yard and his nights in the house. Toto spent his days in the house. They never met until this one particular afternoon. Toby was in the front yard with his human. Toto must have sensed there was some fun to be had waiting just next door. As I opened the door, he got away from me before I could get his leash hooked on his collar. He ran like the wind arounded the corner of the house. Lo and behold he saw this giant animal with flowing, feathery red fur. Toby could have easily swallowed Toto whole but instead he greeted him with the happy Golden dance and a big smile. What did Toto do you ask? Being the genius that he was he instantly knew he was out weighed but not outwitted. Within a nanosecond, he sized up the situation, figuring out how to best get the big sweet Golden. Toto stationed himself between Toby's back legs, started nipping at the flowing, feathery, fur on Toby's back legs. As Toto nipped at the fur, Toby turned in circles trying to get to him. This went on for several minutes until Toby became dizzy...he finally stopped and flopped. Genius took over again, Toto high tailed it back to his own yard before Toby could get is land legs back. I don't know what it is about little dogs. Obviously they have no concept of size and Toto was fearless. To him everything was a badger and needed to be brought down.