[ALWIN]

Raglet's wonderful snap of her two dogs reminded me of a story about a pair of boxer pups. Sorry if I repeat myself, but I loved it.

I had always wanted a boxer, but knew it wasn't practical, but my friend knew how I felt about them. I would have loved this pair, despite their habit, but did not have space for two great big dogs.

Anyway ... my friend had a friend who had taken on a pair of boxer pups that were not to be separated because one of them was deaf and followed the other everywhere.

Problems started quickly because the pups were very boisterous and busy, and my friend's mate was very house proud. Eventually she asked my friend if she knew anybody who would take the pups off her hands because she could not cope with them any longer.

My friend immediately thought of me, but first asked her exactly what the problems were.

It turned out they had developed a habit she just could not deal with.

They would bolt into the garden as soon as she let them out and return with snails which they deposited on the kitchen floor. Whilst the dogs continued to rush in and out snail hunting and depositing, some of the snails fast enough would start to make their way up the kitchen cupboards, table legs, etc.

They would do this until they could find no more, then race back to the kitchen knocking everything flying and bouncing off one another, then tuck into them with great gusto, loudly crunching and allowing slaver, bits of shell and slime to fly around the kitchen ... :rotfl:

How sweet is that?:hehe:

 

[ALWIN]

I thought they were clever, and if I had my current garden, I would have snapped them up. At the time I had a bit of garden about the size of a coffin, so was not allowed a dog.

I am still not allowed dogs, so like to hear about others.

I now have a lovely little cat though, so all is well. As to corn and pidgeon's heads ... I do hope I don't get that. She has not been outside for long yet because she has not been neutered. Happening in the next couple of weeks. She wears a bell, but I don't suppose I can hope she'll catch mice, but not birds.

She caught a blue tit that flew into the kitchen a few weeks ago, but we managed to prize it out of her mouth and release it. It flew like a rocket and she was so angry when I was tryin to get it off her she growled at me, the toad!

 

[ALWIN]

Big sis! Big sis!

Wadaya doin'???

You've so freaked me out! Lying by her side ... sizing her up .... eeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuwwwwww!!!!!

I am sooo glad we live in the safe old UK!

 

[ALWIN]

peonyprincess

pink floyd, huh?

I was never a fan, but 'Comfortably Numb' is probably the most insightful song about mental illness I have ever heard.

When ever I catch it, or somebody plays it, I stop still and strain to hear every word. The portion you have typed is the bit that grabbed me the first time I heard it. It beggars belief how talented some people can be.

Thanks for reminding me about that song. It could be on either loopy lou or raglets 'poems' thread really. Can't remember who it is that started a thread about poems.

Any chance of somebody sticking it on there?