My people don't know what I am a mix of (they seem content with a greyhound, saluki, and border collie mix), but what they do know is that I'm inquisitive, have lots of energy, and forever nose deep in some mischief or other.
Does this look like a face of a wild child to you?
Momma-1 rescued me from the shelter where I was living for a while with a TON of other doggies when I was 6 months old. I was quite a big doggie by then, and quite frankly I wasn't the friendliest of pooches. I was wary, I didn't like new people, and I haven't changed much since then. But Momma-1 was pretty persistent and I warmed up to her after a few days! She said it's the reason she picked me. She was afraid I wouldn't ever get taken out of that shelter because nobody really likes a shy dog! Such a silly Momma, so easily fooled. When she took me to Momma-2's house, I became an absolute tyrant!
But people didn't like me landscaping their garden(we artist's are so misunderstood!), and Momma-2 was terrified that people would try to hurt me upon seeing a strange dog languishing in their garden. On top of that, I'm particularly wary of strangers. I'm not going to wag my tail at every Tom, Dick and Harry! I'm not aggressive, but people here seem to think that every dog bigger than a chihuahua is armed and dangerous!
In any case, I've been confined to the old ball and leash, doomed to romp in the yard only under very strict supervision. BAH! And they wonder why I'm a ruffian who can't control herself when she's excited. Momma-1 really wants me to be an inside doggie, and I don't particularly hate the idea either, but Momma-2 is a little old fashioned when it comes to doggies in the house. HOWEVER, slowly but surely, I think my stellar personality is making her change her mind. Momma-2 often sneaks me in, and Momma-1 does let me go in for short periods of time after I've taken a bath. A small matter of time before I conquer THAT domain.
Momma-1 makes up for me being holed up all the time by taking me for long jogs and hikes! Now those are a real treat.
She's really trying to make me into a perfect doggy, and I do try my best to please her sometimes. But I am a strong-willed dog and I certainly have a mind of my own. Hmm... Does that make me part Terrier then?
Lots of Licks,
Summer.
She's really trying to make me into a perfect doggy, and I do try my best to please her sometimes. But I am a strong-willed dog and I certainly have a mind of my own. Hmm... Does that make me part Terrier then?
Lots of Licks,
Summer.
2 comments:
Hi Summer - thanks for coming to visit me and congratulations on your own blog! You are a really gorgeous girl - my human loves the brindle colouring.
It was very interesting reading all about your background and adventures - my human says you're a great writer! :-) We really giggled at the bit about you being a "misunderstood artist"
I think you were so lucky to find your Mommas 1 & 2 - they sound like they really love you. I know what you mean about people thinking "big" doggies are scary - what do you think they make of me??!! :-)
A lot of doggies here in Australia are also kept outside all the time and it is a bit sad because then they learn all sorts of bad habits (like barking all the time) and get into trouble - they are trying to educate the humans now to make them see that doggies who live inside with humans actually learn better manners and are calmer and better behaved, as logn as a bit of time is taken to supervise and train them! :-) I am an inside doggie and even though I AM very big, because I am so quiet indoors, my humans hardly even notice that I'm there! They say I'm like an extra piece of furniture! :-)
Anyway, I'm looking forward to following your adventures and I hope you will come visit me regularly too and we can be blog friends! :-)
Slobbers,
Honey the Great Dane
Hello summer welcome to blog world. You’re a beautiful girl our humans love your brindle coloring. We can’t wait to follow all your adventures from Milo and Angus.
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