Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dogs. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Ain't She Sweet...



I don't have a dog; my family used
to years ago.
I'm more of a bird gal.
Birds are much easier to care for.
Our lovebird , Daisy, is perched on my wrist
while I blog, preening...

Besides, we don't need a dog since there
are now two pugs living next door... barking
at any movement in the backyard.


They go absolutely nuts when Cruiser,

our resident duck, waddles by.

Cruiser snorts hot air at the yappers.


It's strange how the owners never really

hear their barking animals--must be music
to their ears. I also wonder why
they'd keep
them outside in this intolerable heat?


Dogs are fine as long as they keep
their
yaps quiet,and don't charge at me
with teeth bared.
That's happened only twice.
I'm lucky the dog, on each occasion,
was held back by a working electric fence.

Unfortunately, many Florida communities
don't
allow fences around the property.
Maybe I should capture the neighborhood
alligator, leash it, and take it on walks with me...

Tom's been bitten once in the past by an

unleashed German Shepherd while jogging,
requiring stitches on his leg.
Paul was nipped on the ankle by a neighbor's
Maltese
while taking a walk.
The Dog Whisperer would be very busy
in our neighborhood...

Like I said, I'd rather have a bird...

quit pecking at me
, Daisy!




















































Thursday, June 11, 2009

Beware Of "Cat"



Warning! House protected by vicious dog!
Don't those warnings grab you...by the throat?
In our neighborhood several large, mean looking
dogs stay outside on their properties.
Apparently an electric fence keeps them out of bounds.
The rapid, loud barking from these animals is enough
to warrant a heart attack.

Neighbors up the street have what I call a
wind-up dog, named Max.
They have a Beware of Dog sign in their yard.
Beware of what?
If anything, the dog would make a good squirrel
nabber, or a doorstop.

I like dogs, but well-trained dogs.
Max needs an attitude adjustment.
The owners have encouraged an aggressive behavior
in Max particularly to the waste management trucks
that come by.
They think it's cute to see Max all charged up.
He's outside, like clockwork, chasing the trucks down the street,
barking like an AK-47 at an ungodly hour of the morning.
Anyone who happens to walk by is a target.

A few evenings ago, wandering around the back and finally
to the front of our house was a large bobcat.
Sleek and fearless.
My kind of "guard dog"...

"Kitty", go visit Max.
Heh-heh...




Wednesday, May 6, 2009

That's Life..


*feet hanging out of car windows
*being invisible:the clerk takes the person behind you
*taking the road less taken and there's no cell coverage
*finding a lounging alligator on the road ahead of you
*coffee that's been dumped on the pavement
*people who leave a shopping cart behind your car or in the parking space
*'diva' pet stores
*pets wearing diamond-studded pet collars
*people who let a sneeze or cough 'fly'
*smile wrinkles that look like excavation sites
*people who publicly embarrass one another
*European bathing suits--the skin variety
*cigarette butts littering the beach
*lit cigarettes tossed out the car window
*people talking during a movie
*overdone face lifts
*6-year life CFL's that blow after a month's time.
*animal walkers who don't scoop the poop
*store clerks who welcome women with "Hi, Guys!"
*people who openly criticize my daughter's slim figure
*funeral preparation brochures addressed to me
*people who don't really listen when your speaking to them
*drivers on cell phones
*washing the car on a day it decides to rain
*double-charged for an item
*people abusing handicapped parking