Daft Dog!
Posted: Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
4 comments |
I love dogs. Always had them, when I was a wee lassie me dad kept working dogs, sheep and gundogs, always contrary natured but awfu clever creatures they were. We werenae tae mak` pets oot o` them for fear o` `ruining` them.
Noo, we hae Lassie...she`s aroond ten years old, and a collie. Still thinks she`s a pup, fu` o` energy she is and wi` that affable look all collies have which say "I just want tae be your friend". Love her tae bits.
But this morning she has no` been verra bright. It`s a soft kind o` sunny day oot there...there was mist this morning and that shivering chill ye can get wi` ony mist that drifts ashore frae the sea. But the sun is striving awfu hard to break through and at times is mak`ing a fine show o` it indeed.
The sky looks like a pearl oot there, a` soft and gleaming, fine spring day it is. So I thought, we`ll tether the hound ootside whilst we`re working indoors so she can hae the benefit o` the fresh air and sunshine. We`ve done this often enough, there`s a tether sunk in nearby the caravan, which, if ye maun mind, was near on taken awa` wi` the last storm. But the other half righted it and let the air oot the tyres so it would sit lower tae the ground. We thought that would stop the wind getting under it and lifting it.
We didnae tak` burrowing hounds intae account though. So when we went oot after working tae bring her back in, it was just tae see a fluffy black and white backside wi` a wagging tail sticking oot frae under the van.
"Lassie, come oot o` there!"
"Whuff"...that was muffled, by the way....
"Och dammit"
There was just nae way she was shifting. She was stuck. Fair happy wi` it though, no` in ony distress, in fact the tail kept up its `thump thump` on the ground and she gave oot the occasional pleased-sounding "whuff" as me son had tae go and get the spade and dig her oot!
Ten minutes later, there is a fair sized hole under the caravan and one happy, completely mucky, grinning and tail thumping dog wi` a clarty auld bone in her mooth.....
She`s just been banished tae the garage until I can gie her a bath. She needs one.
Posted on Hermit Life at 11:42
Comments
How very inconsiderate of you to put your caravan over the dog's bone :-) How about a nice picture of the dog? I love your blogs, Hermit, you describe a really good picture of your life.
Jill from EK
I'm quite ignorant in such matters, but are not the tires damaged if you let the air out totally but leave the weight of the caravan on them? # Try a lab next time, Hermit. Thought Lassies were only for movies...
mjc from NM,USA
Poor Lassie ... I bet her story was that she wasn't *really* stuck - Oh No ...!! She was just having a really good time ...!!
soaplady from more used to cats, but like dogs that go whuff ...
In my limited experience, dogs are more likely to go whiff than whuff...
Flying Cat from a knowing look
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