Super Chaddi wala dog

the last few days, you've developed a rash near your... err... balls.... i checked and cleaned it... rubbed in some ointment... put some medicated powder... but today i decided i would have the vet check you...

we reached the vet at 1.40 p.m as directed. being a sunday and since the vet couple were on chutti for a few days, there was quite a line. We waited and chatted with fellow pet owners outside... as always we get asked after your breed, age and eating habits. no one wants to believe you are just a year old... anyways. I am always thankful that you are a well behaved dog and wait / sit / lie down patiently without getting antsy or embarrassing us. 

the doctor checked you, applied some powder and said nothing to worry but that we should stop you from licking yourself as that could worsen the condition. So his suggestion was to put an old underwear for you! i couldnt stop laughing...

We got home, you were drowsy from the medicated shots and so while i cut out a hole in one of K's old underwear to accommodate your tail, you just fell asleep. I put the chaddi on for you and couldn't help feeling so sad for how you looked. I am one of those people who cant understand why people put clothes onto an animal other than to keep them warm... i cant stand the tee shirts and all that are sold currently for dogs. to see you with a white chaddi and your tail sticking out from it... made me so sad for my beautiful poochie who temporarily looked like superman's sidekick. Get well darling... lets get those panties off of you quickly!

fighting for attention

some of the things you do when you don't think you are getting the attention you deserve

• climb onto a lap - mine or someone i am talking to
• paw my keyboard/ laptop or ipad
• try to knock the phone out of my hands
• fight with the printer / chords if i am printing something
• try to get into my lap and sit / sleep in it or at the least, rest your chin on my lap and look woefully at me

sometimes i yell at you because you try to eat the printouts as they come out of the printer, or you accidentally cause my laptop to shut down. But i know no one in this living world loves me like you do... and it makes me so guilty....

K says that once i leave the house for an errand or the gym or work, your job is to wait for me to come back home. Earlier, when you would hear the reverse horn of the car you would go ballistic and sit near the door waiting for me to enter. Now the sound of the car going over a manhole cover at the gate is enough to tell you i will walk through the door in a minute and you begin to bark with joy. So much love... sometimes i cant handle it!

How do you know?

From the time we brought you home, you have had more sense than us. That much is evident. When I am chasing a deadline you will sit absolutely quietly at my feet and beg to be taken outside only when the urge to pee is uncontrollable....

you have stayed by my side all of yesterday when i was laid up in bed with a back sprain... just like you slept on the floor beneath my bed, looking up every 10 odd minutes to check if i was ok when i was down with viral fever a few months ago....

how do you know? because you are otherwise bossy and when i am browsing aimlessly on the laptop, you head butt me so many times that i have to shut the laptop down. or when i am lying on the couch surfing channels, your persuasion with a ragged toy is spot on....

yet yesterday, you ate your food with minimal fuss, you didn't pull on the leash, you were very easy to handle.... one more reason i believe dogs are superior to us humans....