Hobbes Attacked by Vicious Chihuahua!

Last week while walking Hobbes one morning en route to Carrie and Simon's house, Leslie and I suddenly see a jacket-wearing Chihuahua running full speed down the sidewalk towards us barking his little head off. This little guy ran from three houses down the block straight at Hobbes and stopped barking all the while one foot away from Hobbes. We thought that the dog would do the typical thing that would-be tough dogs do with Hobbes which is to bark their way towards Hobbes, think better of it once they see how big he is, and start backpedaling as soon as possible. This little Chihuahua however barked his way up to Hobbes, paused, and then nipped straight at Hobbes' nose! Hobbes pulled his head back surprised and backed up. The Chihuahua then raced around Hobbes in a circle and--once he finally made it all the way around, bless his heart--the Chihuahua bit Hobbes again on the foot. I actually saw Hobbes-fur fly off. Only at this point did Hobbes become annoyed and turn to defend himself from the rude little Chihuahua. I then push the little Chihuahua back and the owner finally showed up and picked the little guy up. The Chihuahua had to have seen this as salvation from his own poor decisions; having exhausted almost all of Hobbes' equally-large patience the Chihuahua was trying harder than any dog ever to pick a fight that he could not win. Hobbes likely would have just stepped on him and it would have been "game over." The owner explained afterwards that he had just adopted the little guy from the pound and so he had not yet learned any manners yet whatsoever. And but for our ridiculously calm and non-confrontational dog, that little Chihuahua would never have had the chance to learn those manners.