just a few months ago, this was the size of raga viz.a viz nikki and now if you scroll down, just see the sizes!:)
irresponsible neighbours
outside the house of this woman in the picture there is a pack of dogs, who are supported/fed/nurtured by those inside. these dogs have become rather fearless. they all look alike and are at least three of them. but the worst part is that they attack unsuspecting passers-by without a reason. so when one passes by this house and is suddenly attacked by this horde it becomes quite a shock.
right in front of my eyes these dogs attacked the ironing-woman (dhoban)Though she managed to shoo them away with the bundle in her hands and her own presence of mind- she was too shocked. it could even have caused a bigger accident in a lesser person; including possibly a heart attack!
i too have been attacked by this lot because they see in me the leader of another pack. i have taken it in a stride as i pride myself in handling dogs of all sorts, but even i am on my guard when i pass their way lest they wake up and go after me all together. i usually carry a stick with me when i go that way, something i dont carry ordinarily even when i walk my own dogs. i think these dogs should be immediately neutered. let me see how to work that out now.
salamander
In the picture you see this salamander on the dog bed! ( not her idea as the story below will tell you)
the day this picture was taken...i was standing in the doorway, shutting the doors early for the evening. suddenly i saw something run past me on the floor. in this house there are a lot of lizards there. so i thought one had fallen from the ceiling. but nikki went running after it. nikki i notice is very sharp in running after moving things- more than all of them. may be her instincts of a retriever. since i had shut all the exit points the poor lizard could not get out. meanwhile all the other dogs had joined this hunt. i shooed them away from the door to allow the poor thing to escape. i did not realise then that it was unable to do so. then next thing was that i saw the dogs climb down the stairs towards the basement. they never do that ever.
then i understood that the animal was going down and they were after it-all three. they went down all the way, the door of the basement was open that day. i let them be, thinking that the lizard would figure her way out on her own. how can dogs catch a lizard, though in my heart of hearts i was apprehensive. as i was standing upstairs and either doing something or reading...ginger came upstairs after my persistent calling...and lo and behold! to my utter horror- dropped this poor little salamander on the dog bed lying there. that was too much of a shock for me. the salamander too was bloodied or seemed red (are they warm blooded?) too dazed to move and on closer examination i felt perhaps one of her legs too was broken.
i shooed all the dogs away finally. raga went and hid under the diwan in my music room, i tied up nikki as she was seeming very interested in the matter and ginger i put behind the baby gate outside the kitchen. with a bit of fear and uncertainty i managed to take the salamander out (while still on the dog mattress) and opened the mattress out dropping it near my pots in the driveway. what a relief to see it crawl away under my car! oh dear...i wonder what all i am going to see in this house...what with nikki pulling down the tassles of my curtains in the guest room. more about that later.
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.
I like my party hat
Lalu can never have enough trouble. Here he is recovering from a dog bite he sustained while playing with a not so friendly dog. He was bitten in his butt so we needed a dress sort of thing for him so that he wouldn't lick the wound...which he was quite capable of doing with his extremely flexible and stretchable neck. He had a peaceful recovery and in this picture seems quite happy in his party dress.
encounters of a different sort
one of those when canine meets bovine...one is curious, one is apprehensive! with nikki one knows the levels of curiosity or animosity will have their limits. but not so with the other two.
i call this picture is it okay to sniff you mam?!
received through email
i got this image in my email. thought immediately to put it up here. have no clue of the source. but loved the expression on the face of the duo. have a closer look and notice how they are nearly having the same look!
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?!
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!
Miss Lucy occupies the driver's seat when she has to wait in the car. She insists that humans and the family dog (our other dog) can arrange themselves in whatever suitable place they can find; the driver's seat she must occupy. When the human driver enters the car, she moves to the front passenger seat. In this picture, we are at a gas station and Lucy seems poised to drive the next 100 miles!!
Training Time By the Beach
We had gone with our mutts to South Padre Island National Seashore, some 30 miles east of Corpus Christi, TX, USA. It turned out to be a very windy day. Like most places, you cannot let the dogs run into the waves; they have to remain in their leashes. We let me run for a few minutes with their leashes, till a park ranger caught sight of us.
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