June 7, 2007 at 6:54 am · Filed under living with people, dog's eye view
i have a lot of nicknames.
not sure how soon it began, but i think it was within a few days after my arrival. i was only 8 weeks old then and just learning my dog manners. i had barely gotten used to hearing my name and the nicknames began.
kita b., squid lips, hannan b, greasy, hannan bereford greasy, egbert greasy, effort greasy, tucie [cutie - pronounced tooky] and it just goes on.
now, more than 10 years later, they use any of these names and new ones at a moments notice to get my attention. sometimes i have to think about my real name for a minute when they use it. people that meet me in the park and have no idea what they are calling me. one time someone thought my name was edith and another time it was peter.
oh yeah. my people thought this was funny and called me those names too.
i am glad that people like to have fun. i just wish some of the names weren’t so dorky and that they wouldn’t use them in public.
girard shepherdu, dirgy, james a. double r. tucie, james a., fozzberrie, sweet pea, tufty, little h.b., tucie robes, little robespierre . . .
aw, man.
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June 4, 2007 at 3:29 am · Filed under living with people, bird's eye view
hats. specifically knit caps are annoying.
whenever my people wear them i jump right on and peck and grab the hat with my beak. then i flap and pull it off.
sometimes it takes several tries.
i can’t stand for people to wear hats. i can’t land on them properly and the had gets stuck to my feet. when the people start walking the hat moves around. it’s awful and makes me angry.
birds do not care if you are bald or your head is cold.
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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.
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