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Waiting
Yesterday morning, Pea slept in because she was poorly. Our spaniel Macy bounced in the midst of the chaos that occurs as jackets are put on, keys jingle in hand, bookbags are sorted, and the Hubs and Boo depart for the day. I settled into tidying the kitchen despite not having eaten; I thought I’d wait for Pea to awaken as she hates to eat breakfast alone. It was very quiet in the house, and as I headed upstairs to peek on on my sleeping angel, I spied Macy. Standing watch. Waiting for her girl. She had been scolded earlier for jumping on the door – she was keen to…
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The Escape Artist
Yesterday morning, Macy made another break through the hedge into the adjoining field to chase a few sheep. Not good. It is beyond frustrating, to be honest, and very scary. I certainly don’t want to find myself in the position of collecting a very dead young dog after having been (quite within his rights) shot by the farmer. It’s even more frustrating when I see dogs – a springer spaniel in the mix, who has to be as happy to chase birds as any spaniel – lying quietly in the grass, mere yards away from a falconry display. Where the birds are TIED DOWN. This is not my dog. My…
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Rocket dog
There is one distinct benefit my puppy enjoys here that she would not enjoy back in the States: off-lead (that’s a leash to my US peeps) walking. Or, should I say – off-lead running. She loves to go for a walk through the fields, but all this recent snow? It makes her crazy. She loves it. She runs, snow flying, ears flapping, eyes googly, tongue hanging out. She bites at the snow, rolls in it, then flies across the fields again. I give her a yell, and she circles back to me. It helps that I generally have a pocket full of cheese or hot dogs. Her training is coming…
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No Dunce Cap Tonight (or, She’s not stupid, she’s got Character)
Macy, our new puppy, is a nightmare on a lead. Her recall? Well, she kind of has her own agenda, so she’ll come if she damn well pleases to. She jumps. She has chewed through both of my laptop cords. We won’t even discuss the excitement wees. She is also very clever, loving, clumsy and adorable. And smart. Did I say smart? She needs training. The first puppy training class was a head-burying disaster. While my friend Nadine sat in a chair across the hall, her pup Isla (a litter-mate of Macy’s) sitting tall and gazing up with adoration, MY dog was wrapping her lead around the leg of a…
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Happy Puppy Wee
I’m a “wee” late for Mama Kat’s writing challenge, but I’m adding my submission anyway. My prompt of choice was to write about my pet’s least likeable character trait. Easy peasy lemon squeezy, that one. Macy – still a puppy – experiences “excitement” wees. Don’t get me wrong – she was housebroken in record time, and rarely has an accident in the house. But if someone comes to the door? Or downstairs? She can’t control her excitement. When the Hubs comes downstairs in the morning, she gets so excited, she wees on the floor. When he comes down an hour later, now dressed in suit and tie, despite the fact…