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Little-E looking so trusting, something I feel I've betrayed today |
Because we consider our pets family members, we probably credit them with more insight than they actually have, but right now knowing that doesn't make me feel any better, and I have a wonderful chicken and gravy tea waiting for her return, if only to assuage my guilt.
It will only be a couple of months before we have to go through it again with the sisters, we have recently taken on - Bebek and Red. They are settling in a treat now and seem to be really settled and happy with us. I am not saying they don't have their moments. they are like the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead that my mother used to tell me about (I can't imagine why!). When they are good, they are very, very good, and when they are bad they are horrid.
Bebek can't bear to be apart from me, even if I have only been upstairs for five minutes she will greet me as though I have left her in the kennels for a week. If I have been away from her she climbs up my front to have a cuddle, and she will put her front legs round me and bury her head in my neck. She is my little shadow, and follows me everywhere that she can. She can still get through the terrace railings and also over the wall out of the back garden when she chooses to, and she does this most evenings while I water the back garden. But she doesn't any other time and comes straight back when I call her. So she must be here because she chooses to be, not because she has no options. Bebek is the cuddly 'baby' of the two and her name has transpired to be spot on.
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Bebek being a baby! |
Red is also besotted with food and is never far away if I'm cooking. The other night the pups were coveting the apple and mulberry crumble David was eating for his dinner, and suddenly to our astonishment Red had the gall to jump on the coffee table to ensure she was the closest for any spoils that may happen by. Not acceptable, but I did have to delay telling her to quickly take a photograph.
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"and when she is bad she is horrid" |
They are both very protective of the property and will bark at the slightest unusual sound, or anyone being about. Usually this would be a comfort, but as there are two teams of workmen in the field opposite us building new houses, it is a constant battle to keep them quiet. Fortunately their barks are quite different from each others, so I know exactly which one is kicking off without even looking and can shout accordingly. One wonders which the neighbours and workmen find the most wearing the pups barking or me shouting at the pups!
Our cat Thomas continues to tease the dogs by laying wait under the sofa throws and grabbing them as they go past. When they prepare the counter attack he will run out of the window, or he has discovered that if he lays under the shelf on our coffee table that they can't reach him. He will wait until they are looking under one end then will tear off out from the other end. I think they help to fill the loss he suffered by losing his pal Peggy earlier this year.
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Thomas the pup's tormentor |
I felt awful about taking Jake in to be de-balled too. He didn't talk to me for a week. (just to clarify - Jake is my dog not my husband)
ReplyDeleteLittle-E is home now and feeling very sorry for herself. I feel dreadful! She may not talk to me EVER!
DeleteWow Bebek really is a cuddle bum eh. I hope Little-E enjoys some TLC and yummy din-dins. Watch yourself on the stairs, if she bears a grudge, she will be after tripping you up. Know what you mean about the barking, got 5 keen eyed guard dogs here, all vying to be 'Top Intruder Spotter'.... :/
ReplyDeleteYes Lynne Bebek is a real cuddle bum. I shouldn't encourage it really as at the moment she is only four months old. When she is fully grown I could be rugby tackled to the ground! I shall definitely be watching the stairs for retribution from Little-E! I am so glad to hear someone else has the vocal neighbourhood watch team. Unfortunately not everyone sees it that way!
DeleteIt's hard work isn't it? And there's always a destructive one in the bunch. Freddie is mine. He is a little horror, and he barks the most too, which of course sets the others off. I had to chuckle when you talked about knowing the individual barks and who to shout at. I am the same. Unfortunately because 4 of mine sleep outside (by choice because I have tried to encourage them inside) the barking goes on all night and I'm sure my shouting disturbs the neighbours more than the barking.
ReplyDeleteHard work Ayak! It's exhausting. I feel I'm constantly on noise abatement control. But yes I end up making as much noise as they do by shouting at them! The saving grace is they do shut up at night, possibly because they are so tired from being naughty all day! If I had to shout at night too I would have lost my voice by now. I think the troublle is having multiple dogs, because you are so right when you say that one of them starts the chorus running. Oh happy days.
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