dog days

Date: 05 January 2010 09:30:56

Disclosure: this photo was not taken today. However the dog and beach depicted are the same ones involved in the tale below I took Pooka to the beach this morning. I think it's like Valium for her. She's been a bit irritable with other dogs lately, however at the beach we came across dozens of dogs and she was a model of good behaviour. I suspect as well as the beach effect, being at a place that's not her usual territory helps. We had a rough day yesterday. There were tradesmen installing air conditioning bits and pieces and they were working both inside and outside and had the side gates open. I had to be at home while they were there and had to keep Pooka out of their way (strange men carrying large objects in house = bad). This meant that Pooka and I spent the hours from 7:30am-2pm tethered together on a short lead in the dining room or the lounge room. If I'd known it was going to take that long, I would have gone out but they kept being "nearly finished" for quite a while. At any rate, by the time they left we were both going mad. We stayed tethered for another hour (went for a walk to get the car) but even after the walk and some playing, she was kinda crazy until bed time. Tonight there is no crazy dog, and she tolerated a shampoo/hose assault with very good grace (I think she might have rolled in something stinky when we got home...). A tired, happy and non-stinky dog is a marvellous thing.