Dash's former family

this is a picture i took yesterday on the front lawn, when Dash's former family came a-visiting. They were kind enough to not call him Junior, much as they would have felt like, i am certain. But i had some very curious observations to make about this young-little-man of my house. He just ignored them or pretended to say, "I am too busy to pay any heed to you right now." He had spent the better part of his life at home with the lady in blue...but he was utterly busy chasing squirrels when she tried to coax him and call him closer to her. 

That made me think of two things- either the presence of a bitch in heat (raga is in heat these days) has made him act like a peacock OR he has really adjusted so much in our home that he doesn't bother about the past any longer.

I am quite certain he recognised them. For not only did he bark at the main gate to welcome them but also did not play with their trousers, which he usually tries with every newcomer. On the whole there was an element of continuity in his mind and yet a supreme indifference too. At least bitches are not this way. I hope not. They were not excitable too much and were very welcoming and well-behaved with everyone. 

In this picture you see the lady and her husband and her daughter...one who is always worried about the dogs they have had to give up for adoption and a young friend of the girl, who happens to be a musician:) My Nikki always steals the show with her affable temperament and here she is in this frame too.

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.

this is what happens when they are on the terrace...at least a synopsis of it:)

ok so now what you gotta do is to click your mouse button on the arrow of the movie clip and you see a video i made - a very lousy one with no script really, but the idea was that i could show the actions of my dogs like live. you hear my voice too...making a fool of myself, trying to say something impromptu.

slideshow of november 2007

please have a look at this to see the latest pictures of this lot

devils revealed!!!

new kid on the block...my new kids i meant

i shot this video accidentally. i hope to upload it more mindfully though. not sure i did a good job but at least its a first for me. others will follow soon. please click to see the picture. as you see, the dogs were in the lawn of the house. this is the front lawn that overlooks the street. all the girls are running around objecting to the presence of certain other street cousins of theirs. all their aggression is towards dogs, mind you. if anyone would believe any of these is a guard dog...err... no comments on that one. why should i say anything about my own pack? now for a few days the pack is not allowed on this lawn or the other one either - simply because they are quite a handful when they start digging the nascent grass and merrily stomp in with their muddy feet. as you can well imagine, for a single hand to manage those 12 little feet, by either washing them or dusting them is another chore added...i decided the best way is to let them run around in the driveway till the grass grew properly. i do ofcourse allow them on their own lawn (the back lawn) under 'supervision'!!!- obviously my own only. i love them running there. hopefully if all goes well with this video excercise, will make another video of that too and share with you. now over to the front lawn again where you see them now. for now they cannot even enter the lawn AT ALL for i have planted my own flowering plants there. i decided i want to keep this lawn for me and the other one for them. but on second thoughts, even within this lawn only certain areas need to be demarcated as those where dogs need not go and i think those are the two corners of the lawn where you see these people right now. what i am going to do is have a wooden/bamboo 'jafri' done over there and the rest of the lawn is open to them. i think that would be ok. why should i forbid them from any part of the house completely and what fun is it for me to sit alone on my lawn, without my family being there with me?!

just a few images from round the house

explorers

this pack is looking around in the backyard. in fact this is the garden which is being planned for them with a sandpit and grass on run on and play on. but for now they are not allowed in!

tantrums!

sob sob...she has taken my toy away...

times they are a-changing

soon this empty house, this silent weeping lawn, this morose driveway will be abuzz with the sounds of dogs all over-running around, playing, fighting, jostling, chasing each other and what not.
raga was born in a house numbered 367. is it her strong fate-line that is getting us back to a house of the same number? is it the combined destiny of all the dogs? or is it my fate-line that i could choose to come away here, with my dogs and i did?

raga and the sisters

Nothing but pictures to start with...

let me call them

Raga- then and now

a little puppy and a grown up puppy

with both her retriever sisters- ginger and nikki respectively

and how the tribe thrives.