Lap dogs, it is said, make the best watchdogs. Since they are completely dependent on their valued place on, or near, the lap of those who feed them, they are quick to sense any threat to their well-being. They are among the most insecure and jealous of dogs. Lap dogs are skilled at putting themselves into positions where they can be petted and fed. Their only skill is to recognize quickly, and complain loudly, when neither happens or either is threatened.
Like all dogs, lap dogs have their human counterparts. They are those people whose activities are the most useless, and whose skills and abilities are too limited to maintain their desired standard of living in a free market. When we realize how frequently and bitterly those insecure people, living in the lap of undeserved luxury, complain, we fully understand why they personify the very nature of lap dogs, yapping endlessly.
