IMO, Vlad Pattison is an utter eejit, and rude in the extreme to the humans, too.

i think of him as Vlad the Tormentor... he would make a terrific comic-book villain.
the unfortunate thing is that the dude is not a paper character...
poor dogs! and poor PEOPLE, too - beastly, -imo-.

the picture i see when i hear PIN or PINNING...
when i read or hear the phrase, * pin the dog *, i always have an image of that old-fashioned thing...
where someone AWARDS U a pin, or a friend, relative, boss, ____ , pins one *on U*.
i would be HORRIFIED to see a dog with 22 small decorative pins studding them...
but OTOH, i would be happy to volunteer to = PIN = Vlad...
where would U like this one, Vlad?... how about here? ouch... no, maybe here... (slips it out)... yes, that looks better... Yowch!... he-he-he-he...

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terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, TDF
*wolves R wolves, dogs R dogs, + primates R us.*
tmp, sept-2007