I hope it turns out to be nothing, but Harley has this little hard cyst-type thing on his head. Please pray it's nothing and my boy is ok. It started last week and since he's a "real" dog (we always said my RB Shih Tzu, Angie, thought she was a human) and gets into all sorts of trouble, we thought he had a little cut on his head. Then it got bigger and we thought it might be a tick. So my mom and cousin started to push his fur back and mess with it. I knew it wasn't a tick and told them not to pick at it. Well now it's getting bigger. It's still pretty tiny, but it is definitely getting bigger. He's eating, sleeping, and playing normally, but he is growling A LOT more. I think that has to do with the weather changing. I think he might have been an outside dog at his first house before he ran away and before we adopted him. Chicago winters are terrible and I think he gets nervous when it gets cold. My mom, the overacting Italian, says to me the other day, "I hope he's not dying (because he’s acting funny)." Oh thanks mom! I honestly think all this is nothing but we are going to call the vet after the holiday weekend. Angie had something similar to this on her eye lid. When it started to get bigger the vet knocked her out and froze it off. My RB mutt, Barney, had a really big one on his back. It was bigger then a quarter and they surgically removed it. I hope it just something that simple. Sorry for rambling, but since Angie got sick and died all in about 3-4 days I get paranoid about my babies. I'll post some pics of it when I get home, and I promise to make a separate post of Sylvia and Harley pics. I know it's been a really long time
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. He sleeps under the covers with me and when Sylvia comes under too be growls crazy at her. He never bit her and I really don't think he will and she's doesn't seem worried about it either. Stubborn is the same word I would have used to describe Harley. I don't think it's a problem, I just hope it's a psychological thing and not a physical thing. Psychological I can correct, but I don't want my boy in any pain. Like I said he's eating, sleeping, and playing normally. He's not panting. He's giving no signs of being in pain. He also has a problem with his anal glands. He pops them naturally, but sometimes he gets in a bad mood until they do. We can help him with that because we used to have to help Angie, but the vet said he is able to do it on his own. There are a million things that could be making him growl this time of year. He also HATES change and holiday decorations tend to make him in a bad mood too. He's such a little weirdo 
Huney, Bon & Simba-missed so very much
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