It looks like the Beast is going to ignore my wishes regarding fostering a dog. Now it's a lab/sheltie mix named Dexter. Funny, but I had a cockatiel named Dexter. He talked and was a real trip. He used to whistle for the dog and say *Here kitty, kitty* whenever he saw a cat. We were living in San Diego and, one night we were affected by the earthquake that hit El Centro and his cage rocked back and forth, hitting the walls. He was climbing up the side of his cage and yelling, *Help me! Help me!* I couldn't help it.....I laughed.
Sometimes, when I would put the cover over the cage at night, he would poke his head through the bars and say, *No! No! No!* because he wasn't ready to sleep, He also had the loudest wolf whistle you ever heard. If I would yell at him because he always seemed to get very loud when I was on the phone, he would start in saying, *I am a good boy!* He would sometimes tell me that *doggie did it* if I would tell him he was a bad bird for throwing his seeds all over the floor. He was a lot of fun because you just never knew what he might say.
But I was more than a little upset with the Beast because I told him how I felt about having a dog right now. Does he care? Hell no! He kept telling me the dog was already housebroken and crate trained. He also likes cats and drives them nuts because he keeps grooming them. I'm not sure how Sassy will take that. I also don't want him chasing the chickens. He's going to be a bigger dog than the Beast thinks and will need more exercise than Baron did these past few years. We had a lab pup years ago and he was a real P.I.T.A. (pain in the a**). We ended up selling him to a man who wanted to train him to hunt because the kids lost interest in him and didn't exercise him (throwing a ball for a while would have done it). I was working long hours plus going to college classes at night. The dog just had too much energy for me. It was the kids that wanted the dog, not me. We already had a menagerie of animals. We had six birds (pygmy parrot, cockatiel...not Dexter...some hybrid canaries) a fresh water fish tank and a salt water one, a tank of hermit crabs, a turtle and a cat. My mom said we had a zoo and should charge admission...LOL.
Don't misunderstand me. I have nothing against fostering a dog but I really feel this is a desperate thing that the Beast has decided to do. He thinks this will fill the hole he feels since Baron died but I think he will be expecting this dog to react to him like Baron and he will really regret it. No two dogs are the same. A woman and her husband have been fostering this dog but the husband has to move to Kentucky for his new job and they will be renting. The apartment does not allow dogs his size. Yes, he's over 30 lbs. and I am really upset over this whole thing. Plus, we will have to buy a crate for him. Just what I need when Christmas is creeping up and I need to buy a few things for the great-grands at least. Chit! Chit! Chit!
I can ignore the dog, not because I have anything against him but I just don't want a dog right now. It's the only way I can let the Beast know that I am serious about it. With fostering, I found out you CAN get stuck with a dog if no one wants to adopt it. This woman has had the dog for almost a year! What is wrong with the Beast? He's really not thinking clearly.
Oh well. I have to go. I need to relax in the tub for a while. I'd light a few candles but I only have two small ones left and they are almost done for...LOL. Has anyone seen any Balsam candles this year? I've been looking for them but haven't found any yet. They should be out. Let me know if you find any and what store has them. Please. Thanks. Be good. Love you all. ***Hugs***
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