Fluffball baby, i have been too lazy the whole of last month and i didnt write anything here.... everything is status quo and so there is nothing much to report.... that's a nice thing actually....
oh wait... you wake me up at 5.15 a.m on the dot these days. i tried putting up a navy blue bedsheet to block out the morning light to con you. but your body clock is pretty much accurate and now that its summer, you have decided that 6.30 is too late and drag me out of bed at 5 freaking 15 a.m. I do not know if i can ever get over how less i am sleeping or how early i am awake these days... its almost 10 months since we got you, and this is still my number one topic to crow about!
if i dont wake up at the appointed hour, you have resorted to sitting besides me on the bed and looking at your(gorgeous) self in the mirror on the wall to the right of me, and barking really loudly till i give up and get out of bed!
you have three sets of friends now...
Shadow - the paavum male stray dog that loves you and wants to play with you. i called him shadow because of the way he would follow you
Petal - the beautiful doe eyed female stray that lives on the construction site that loves you, but bullies you and you allow her
Two face and Caramel - the two female strays and their mother that live near the gym two streets away and play with you each morning.
they've each attacked each other in jealousy when their territories overlap. Petal, Two Face and Caramel sometimes escort you back home. they sometimes enter the building and it breaks my heart to send them away.
K is very upset and has asked me umpteen times to stop the "swami and friends" routine as on the few times he has to take you on your walks, he cannot handle the strays you want to play with. Also when we go together, he gets impatient and angry sometimes.
I dont have the heart to stop this. For one, allowing you to play with other dogs has helped make you more friendly than you could ever be. you arent disturbed, intimidated or otherwise upset about the presence of other dogs anywhere publicly. that i think is a good thing. i couldnt handle a dog that gets worked up and cranky when in the company of other dogs.
secondly, the sheer happiness and joy that you get out of playing with these pooches....they are so friendly and loving and you roll on your back and prance and play with abandon. I have tried to get you to play with the other dogs in the colony but somehow all the pet owners are so paranoid about letting the dogs off the leash. And for the sheer inconvenience or danger of falling while the dogs are winding their leashes around our legs trying to play, they avoid it.
thirdly, the exercise! you get a good workout doing this and if it can keep you healthy, i wont stop it.
the dogs are friendly, the love is mutual, they are clean and have no skin issues or ticks or fleas. i dont see any reason to stop doing this.
there are other things that tug at my heart.... like how sad it is for these beautiful animals to live on the road. without a family and no one to care for / feed them or play with them.
Petal is the one with the most heart melting eyes... each time i tell her, "bye petal...stay now... see you tomorrow" my heart breaks.... she's crying to be taken home... but i know i cant handle another dog. If anyone reading this would like to adopt her, please leave a comment.
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