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perspective from a pigeon and a dog

Archive for May, 2007

postman ed

May 25, 2007 at 5:26 am · Filed under living with people, dog's eye view

our postman is named ed and he loves animals.

we met ed about 6 years ago on the first day we moved into our place. our people had the door open and ed came up and said ‘hi ‘ from a distance with a big, friendly smile on his face. he was genuinely happy to welcome our people. little did he expect the next move.

in the blink of an eye, my friend, twila and i were barking a big hello and running fast toward ed. my people yelled ‘no!’ and ‘halt’, but i knew better than they did.

as soon as ed saw me he squatted down low to let me give him a kiss. that’s my kind of postman.

all the neighbors love ed as well.

here is a picture of ed saying ‘hi’ to a few of our neighbors.

postman ed

popcorn bird

May 24, 2007 at 3:26 am · Filed under living with people, bird's eye view

so one day, one of my people was stretching out a hand towel over their head and talking. i saw it up there - this nice big soft perch. it was calling me, so of course, i landed on it.

my person let me hang for a few and then decided to let the towel perch slack and snap it back. pop! i was in the air a couple of feet.

with my bird determination, i landed back on it.

pop!

landed again.

pop!

and so was invented the game of popcorn bird.

dennis

May 23, 2007 at 12:41 am · Filed under living with people, dog's eye view

we have a local homeless guy that collects recycling from my people and other people in our neighborhood.

his name is dennis.

i don’t know all of his story, but i know he likes cars and dogs. i can hear the tinny rumble of him rolling his cart up the street. right before he gets to our building, he starts calling my name.

even if i bark, he pets me. by now, he knows all of my spots. sometimes he brings me balls and toys that he finds. sometimes he gives me treats. the treats are actually bits of cookie or bread or other such things that people give to him.

i know he loves me because he takes time to hang out and pet me. i know that he loves me because he always calls my name and gives me some of his food even though he needs it and is homeless.

we have six other dogs on our street. he doesn’t call their names.

dennis rules.