Reba and Romy

With heads that look as if they've been carved out of ebony, sisters Reba (left) and Romy are intense, gorgeous, aggressive creatures (they growled and lunged at the Muttropolitan Diarist, who was approaching them just as one of their owners said "they're not particularly friendly"). Pointy ears up, they were tracking a squirrel in a nearby tree as their owners explained they were adopted from a shelter in St. Croix, and added something else the M.D. did not know: pups in a litter don't necessarily have the same father. Likely Reba is a mix of lab and chow, and Romy a mix of lab and doberman pinscher. Clearly the dads are to blame for their daughters' aggressive streak: chows are notorious biters; dobermans are simply notorious.