The Newest Trend in Mah Jongg

Once you have mastered Mah Jongg the next horizon is teaching your dog. Brilliant Mah Jongg breeds include Labs, Chows, Doodles and King Charles Cavaliers. Terriers have trouble picking hands and sticking to them and bulldogs get their card’s too wet with slobber. Beagles just eat their cards and goldens want everyone to win so they pass jokers, even though they know it is against the rules.

Salty Taylor is seen here with her Mah Jongg coach Kate. Salty first had to be taught not to eat the tiles, but once he realized they had no taste whatsoever he settled down to learning his neighborhoods. He demanded a walk around every neighborhood before he would pick one and zero in on his hand.

He liked winds as he has been known to pass it often. Consecutive run is his favorite neighborhood as it contains one of his favorite activities, running. Dragons are a favorite tile as he thinks they should come with a plush toy for chewing.

Kate has had some luck playing the hands that Salty has suggested once he had a full command of the game. Sally’s most difficult task is picking just one tile from the wall since he must do it with his mouth due to his lack of opposable digits. He feels that no one with such a disability should be excluded from the game as it is an inclusive activity.

Salty may have a future as a Mah Jongg support animal. The word is still out on the legality of Mah Jongg support dogs in tournaments. The one handicap they do have is the lack of ability to tell the difference between a red or green dragon in modern Mah Jongg sets. This of course is no different from the many color blind men who play so the Mah Jongg dogs should not be excluded just on that reason alone.

There may be a future Mah Jongg dog trading camp so keep your eye out for news on that front if you think your dog might be a candidate.