Round up the Dogs. . .

. . .Rebecca's February theme is Dogs.  I have posted about my dogs so frequently that I gave them their own blog.  You can find it in the side bar--Vizslocity.  Vizslocity is a play on words--velocity and Vizsla and City.

Here's a sampling of Vizsla word plays that grew and developed through the participation of Vizsla owners on a message board, V-talk.  I can attest to the truth of nearly all of the attributes behind these specialized words:

• PVS: Pathetic Vizsla Syndrome: the ability the Vizsla has to look/act ill when something happens they do not like or they are not getting their own way.

• VLICKING: The typical Vizsla greeting, more specifically defined as the art of licking a person all over while jumping four feet off the ground.
• VLANKET: A covering composed of three or four Vizslas that keep you warm by laying on top of you in all seasons. The warmth is measured in VTU's (see below).
• VIZLAYS: You can't have just one.
• VISZLITZU stands for the attack a Vizsla makes usually consisting of a well-timed undercut to the back of the knees.
• VTU: Vizsla Thermal Unit, the amount of heat generated by the dog, on your side of the bed, in July
• VIZSOSITY INDEX: A not arbitrary number agreed on by the family as the maximum number of Vizslas per household.
• VISZCOUNT: The actual number of dogs, usually one more than the vizsosity index.
• VIZSLITORS are people that my Vizsla thinks come to our house solely to see her
• VSLOBBER is the greeting bestowed by my Vizsla on said Vizslitor.
• VIZSFUL thinking -- the way our Vizsla can stare seemingly for hours at whatever we are eating, thinking we are going to feed her from the table.
• VIZELLO  when they go completely limp and roll on their backs and seem to acquire an extra 50lbs.
• VIZSLAMORTIS happens when the little red person deigns to stack but then locks every.single.bone in their body thereby making it impossible for them to be moved.
• VIZSLARATION is a very close relative of irritation and aggravation except it has a sense of humour.
• VIZSLAPSED TIME: The time it takes for 1) your Vizsla to strike the most beautiful pose or point you've ever seen; 2) you grab your camera; 3) you begin to press down on the shutter button; 4) your Vizsla yawns, closes his/her eyes, hunches his/her body in a stretch and looks really goofy; and 5) voila - the picture is taken.
• VSP--VEXTRA SENSORY PERCEPTION: How a Vizsla knows that you're putting on your "let's- go-for-a-walk-or-run" shoes or clothes; or the fact that it's a weekend morning.
• VIZLAMIC: the religion of loving Vizslas.
• VORENSIC SCIENCE: the scientic study used to find proof of which one of your Vizslas has committed a "crime."
• VIZZA: The scraps of crust or pieces of meat saved from a pizza for your Vizsla.
• VIZSLA COLADA: The drink you've set down "only for a second" that your Vizsla comes and slurps from.

• VALLET: The elegant and graceful dance movements that only a Vizsla can perform.
• VALLISTIC: As in "gone Vallistic"; to describe the wild brain cramps-induced bouncing off the walls behavior that only a Vizsla can perform. (in our house we call the at least once per day, crazed running and bouncing off the furniture the "zoomies.")
  
• VIZSULY IMPAIRED: There's another breed of dog?
• VIZSULY CHALLENGED: Eight or more Vizslas in the house!
• INVIZSABLE: What they think they are when you want them to do something and they'd rather do what you don't want them to do.
• ARS LONGA, VIZSLA BREVIS: (Latin) art is long, dog is short.
• EXCLUSIVIZSLAISM: The frowned upon practice of owning only one vizsla.
• MVP: A nearly universal disease among Vizsla owners:  Multiple Vizsla Disorder.
  
• INADVIZSLABLE: The unwise practice of driving with the dogs loose in the car.
• LOW VIZABILITY: When your V decides that it would be fun to sit in your lap while you are attempting to negotiate traffic.
• NOVIZABILITY is what happens when the driver's side window is down and your V decides that she would like to hang her head out the window a bit.
• HIGHVIZABILITY would be your V standing so that she can almost climb onto the rear window shelf so that she can get a better look at passing cars-or they her.
• VIZPLACEMENT: When your little red head beats you to the couch.
• VIZSMEARS: The smudges on the inside of car windows where your V presses her nose.
• VADAR: The electromagnetic system that allows a sleeping vizsla on the far end of the second floor to detect that you have just picked up a book and walked to the couch.
• VOPPLER EFFECT: The ability of a vizsla to warp time and space that enables VIZPLACEMENT to occur so that the dog makes it to the couch before you and your book do!
• VIZSLARIZED:  When, like this very morning, you leave a piece of pumpernickle bread, intended for your breakfast, on the counter only to return to find it missing. (See VORENSIC SCIENCE, however, in our house the culprit is ALWAYS Ivy.)

  What is a Vizsla, you ask?  Here's a link to the AKC description of the breed. 

Comments

[Pam]

WOW!!! you got that down pat!!!!! I'm impressed at your vizinkability .... ha!These are clever, aren't they? In our own family, we have a whole vocabulary to describe our dogs and their typical Vizsla behaviors. They don't all start with "v" but they are descriptive! I may post some of our family's terms this month.

[lawyerchik1]

That is amazing - both the dog-facts encompassed and the vocabulary to explain them! :) (There won't be a test later, will there?) No; no test! However, if you were thinking of bringing a Vizsla home to live with Tanner, I'd make sure you read through this list before making the commitment!

[Jill]

Oh, funny funny! I laughed out loud when I saw Vizlamic on the list.

The definition of inadvizslable reminds me of a story I once read about a small cargo plane that was transporting goats. Apparently the goats chewed their ropes and began to run loose around the plane, throwing off the weight and balance. They even made it up to the cockpit. I'm guessing it was a bumpy landing.Oh! What a story! I believe a whole herd of Vizslas running about a plane wouldn't cause any problem with weight and balance--(think centrifugal force) The problem would be the young pup who needed some face time and crawled on the pilot's lap!

[Elle]

This is a classic, no doubt. I want a Vizla! I love your Vizla posts. Thanks for the lesson. I have been Vizlaucated.Vizslas are not for the faint of heart! Ornery, energetic, smart enough to get into trouble on a regular basis. However, they are loving and comical and tender hearted little thiefs that steal your heart. I can't imagine life without a couple of them around to keep me busy!

[Dorothy]

So I am a vizslitor at your house. I don't mind the vslobber. In fact I'd feel badly if I didn't get a couple...or more. Its the viszlitzu that caught me off guard!Yes, that was a close one on Sunday! Ivy hasn't done that in a very long time, but she really, really likes you, Dorothy, and I think she thought you might pay a bit more attention to her before you headed for the tea pot! (Evidenced by her nudging you and spilling your tea before you ever got a sip!)

At least you have experienced the joys of a good Ivy snuggle, too!

[eija]

Hahaha :D Vizslas sound like griffons - just in a bigger package! I was asked so often if I have a doggy blog that I finally set it up. It's bi-lingual, so you guys from the big world can read it too *hint, hint* but mostly it's photos...

I have your Vizslocity in my Bloglines already since I don't know how long, so I always see at once when you post there :)