I thought I would do another post in case anyone was worrying that Bella was pining now that Chris has gone home. She seems to be coping by excessive doses of madness! This weeks dog walks have been very lively.
On Tuesday she ran through a gap in the fence from a filed into a quiet street. She is normally reasonably good at coming back when called, and today we had an audience - a lady gardening, a delivery man, and a man just going into his house. I called her............and she totally ignored me. Off she went on a 'visit everyone's front garden as quickly as I can' frenzy much to the amusement of the onlookers finally returning to me in her own good time!
Some of my friends seem to imply that Bella is particularly accident prone. Yesterday we went out for a walk with several dogs. We went past a farmer trimming the hedges and small pieces of twig were flying around. Five of the dogs walked past without incident, then there was a yelp and Bella had a thorn stuck in her paw. Only a minor problem but how did all the others manage to get past without incident?
Today she went for the piece de resistance. Its a beautiful spring day. Off we went on our walk past a local view point. There were a group of walkers lying in the sun. Too late we realised they had a picnic. She nicked a sandwich and then found something that seems to be her favourite food at the moment - a banana! She eats them whole in their skin, much to the amusement of the onlookers. They were amazed that they had some food left. She had rejected their foccacia with sun dried tomatoes and herbs!
Thursday 1 March 2012
Monday 27 February 2012
Dirty protest
The one (wo)man comedy show continues! Events since I last write include sneaking a whole raw sweet potato from the work surface in front of us and then trying to creep away with it unnoticed to her bed to munch it. She was rumbled - but it was very funny watching her as she tried to get past us all walking very slowly so that no one would notice what she was carrying in her mouth!
Having Bella means that life in our kitchen is never dull. The very nano- second that anything lands the floor she eats it, regardless of what it is. My youngest son and I were tussling over a hurry mint when it flew out of its wrapper, spun through the air to land briefly on the floor and was vacuumed up by the ever vigilant hound!
My Auntie who lives in America has been staying with us for the past 5 weeks. My mother (her sister) died when I was 6 years old, and now Chris is like a surrogate mother to me. When she stays an air of calm descends on the house. Everyone loves her including the dog! In fact the dog is besotted with her. She follows her round the kitchen and sits on her feet as she cooks. More often that not a morsel falls off the work surface, and any left overs are lovingly set aside for her tea!
Today is the day that Chris goes home. I took Bella out for her walk this morning and to show her disapproval of the impending departure she had a dirty protest - she rolled in fox poo! She has NEVER done this before. She's watched with interest when other dogs do it but has always considered herself too ladylike to do it. Well not today - and she reeked!
Home we came and she needed a thorough bath. The thought of wet dog running around the bedrooms has always discouraged me from using the real bath, so it was going to have to be a hose down in the garden. She was not very happy - just look at her face!
Chris left for the airport at lunchtime and since then Bella has taken to her bed. Each time someone has come home she has looked up eagerly but seems disappointed its not Chris. She has had two brief protests - a ceramic pot broke and she decided to eat the pieces in a wild act of self destruction. We managed to save her from herself, so the next plan was an act of sabotage. Chris is very tidy so Bella took the dustpan into the garden and ate that instead. Her canine act of disapproval that her best friend has gone home.
Having Bella means that life in our kitchen is never dull. The very nano- second that anything lands the floor she eats it, regardless of what it is. My youngest son and I were tussling over a hurry mint when it flew out of its wrapper, spun through the air to land briefly on the floor and was vacuumed up by the ever vigilant hound!
My Auntie who lives in America has been staying with us for the past 5 weeks. My mother (her sister) died when I was 6 years old, and now Chris is like a surrogate mother to me. When she stays an air of calm descends on the house. Everyone loves her including the dog! In fact the dog is besotted with her. She follows her round the kitchen and sits on her feet as she cooks. More often that not a morsel falls off the work surface, and any left overs are lovingly set aside for her tea!
Today is the day that Chris goes home. I took Bella out for her walk this morning and to show her disapproval of the impending departure she had a dirty protest - she rolled in fox poo! She has NEVER done this before. She's watched with interest when other dogs do it but has always considered herself too ladylike to do it. Well not today - and she reeked!
Chris left for the airport at lunchtime and since then Bella has taken to her bed. Each time someone has come home she has looked up eagerly but seems disappointed its not Chris. She has had two brief protests - a ceramic pot broke and she decided to eat the pieces in a wild act of self destruction. We managed to save her from herself, so the next plan was an act of sabotage. Chris is very tidy so Bella took the dustpan into the garden and ate that instead. Her canine act of disapproval that her best friend has gone home.
Thursday 12 January 2012
I have a pet goat!
I am addicted to Radio London and Danny Baker in particular. His phone in of the week is your top 5 of anything you like - M25 junctions, granny's names to list just two. I hate to be left out so I thought up my own list. It was going to be things that Bella has eaten. I started my list -an entire frozen pizza including the wrapper and foam base, a box of eggs (literally), my dinner left unattended on the kitchen table but I realised the list was going to be way too long. I had a brainwave I would narrow it down to non-food items that she has consumed.
So here is the list.
5) various headphone buds.
4) an inflated balloon.
3) the DVD of Inception.
2) my friends pants
1) two Blackberry phones.
I was on the afternoon's show today (12th Jan) just after 3.30pm if any of you actually want to hear the whole thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7kl
One of my friends who heard it texted me and said "you haven't got a dog - she must actually be a pet goat."
I think she may well be right. While on the phone to the bank just now attempting to have a sensible grown up conversation I find her with the remnants of a wire wool scourer hanging out of her mouth.
So here is the list.
5) various headphone buds.
4) an inflated balloon.
3) the DVD of Inception.
2) my friends pants
1) two Blackberry phones.
I was on the afternoon's show today (12th Jan) just after 3.30pm if any of you actually want to hear the whole thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7kl
One of my friends who heard it texted me and said "you haven't got a dog - she must actually be a pet goat."
I think she may well be right. While on the phone to the bank just now attempting to have a sensible grown up conversation I find her with the remnants of a wire wool scourer hanging out of her mouth.
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