ten commandments of pets

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years.  Any separation
from you is likely to be painful.

 

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3 . Place your trust in me.  It is crucial for my well-being.

4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as
punishment.  You have your work, your friends, your
entertainment, but I have only you.

5. Talk to me.  Even if I don't understand your words, I
do understand your voice when speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget
it.

7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that
I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.

8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me.  Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.

9. Please take care of me when I grow old.  You too, will
grow old.

10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please.
Never say you can't bear to watch. Don't make me face this alone.  Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.

1st january...new year come

here are the foursome now...the newcomer is being slowly integrated into the pack. i am still uncertain what to call him, for now it is Dasch! 

what you do see here is that how miraculously he is sharing space with the retrievers and not chasing after them, the manner he has been till today (he came on the 30th of Dec only) and now perhaps understanding who the 'worst dog' is (me obviously)

my dogs and my chrysanthemums

write later

nylabone

write here later....

the dog whisperer whispers

this pal of mine is the dog whisperer by his own admission. do you suppose he is whispering something to the dog in question or listening to her whisper? i am still wondering after all these days! i ofcourse believe in the miraculous abilities of my own canines and i call this picture 'dogs that heal'

my cup of tea

i have tried my best not to make my dogs into beggars. but they have their discretion about who to expect things from. you can never expect something like this when i am sitting on the table. but with

my grandmother...that alas is another story! at the time of taking this picture, my granny is taking her morning cup of tea- the time would be around 6:30 am

ok girls i will retrieve it

Raga is the tallest of the three and around evening time- say 6 0' clock this lot gets restless to play. in this photo i have captured that and shared here how they are all waiting in anticipation for the ball to come down from that counter somehow.

so though the other two are retrievers technically, in this photo the retrieving operation is being performed by the shepherd girl:)

gum boots

these pink colored boots came from austin last year. delivered to me in november- when my little sister got them and handed them to my father. she didnt know i would use them or how or where. but soon enough i used them for watering plants in the garden in winter and now in this monsoon season for walking the dogs:)

stretching

one would think she has really had a hard day's work behind her, the manner in which she stretches here- nikki- forever langourous, forever naughty and enjoying herself the most it seems.

cool girl

for raga the coolest place is the ...r.r.r....bathroom, where else. and she knows all three of them- for easing herself as also for settling down when tis too hot outside. here she is, while i must have been around, otherwise she would never linger on for long.

यह पोस्ट हिन्दी में hai

मुझे पता चला की मैं हिन्दी मैं भी bलोग लिख सकती हूँ. तो मैंने सोचा क्यों ना एक बार कोशिश की जाए। लगता है कोशिश सफल हो रही है। वोंव। तो यह पोस्ट है इस गुलमोहर के पेड़ के बारे मैं तो मुझे रोज़ मिलता है। दरअसल इस में एक उल्लू बैठा मैंने कभी कभी देखा है। कल मेरे हाथ मैं कैमरा था, सोचा उल्लू दिखेगा तो फोटो खींच लूंगी, लेकिन उल्लू भाईसाब भी तो अपनी मरजी से मिलते हैं, मेरी नही! देखिये इस खूबसूरत पेड़ को। इसके ताने में जो इतना बड़ा छेड़ है उसमें छोटे उल्लू को मैंने देखा है.

the road we walk- woman and dog

this road is right outside our colony gate no.9. several times a day i come here with this dog or that one to walk them a little outside the house and keep them informed about the world. up and down this road we meet all sorts of things- dogs, dog-owners, sheep,crows,squirrels, cows, stray dogs, an occasional buffalo or a horse, a pushcart or a tractor trolley. so this is our road of ideas and experiences and even as we walk along this road we muse, we ponder, we stop by and think and communicate in our human and canine languages and we bond with each other with greater cognisance of our respective limitations.
this- our road of experiences.
what you see in the picture is me standing right at the colony gate and taking this shot. this cyclist is pointing towards the direction i take to walk here. i mostly walk on this service road. if you look the left is where the main road is where all the vehicular traffic moves.

bathing nikki

some dogs have all the shutter luck. in my case tis nikki. when i was bathing her this morning i told mom to click all the dogs as they bathed. but midway through nikki's bath the battery was over! so well i only have nikki captured as she placidly enjoys her summer bath this may morning. the time was before 7:30 am.



i may post a couple of other pictures to share the reaction of her siblings. the activity captured here is happening in our backyard and the bath-station is a newly built space where the washerman washes our clothes actually! and i my dogs:)

What am i going to do about you?

Lalu and lucy enjoying the sofa in our Austin flat. Lucy looked like such a darling...she is sitting like a princess as Lalu looks over to her side.

This is the Classic Lucy Look!! She always stares into the camera. In this one she's wearing one of my dupattas and she has a scheming look about her.