It's A Dogs Life

Basenji's and Cairn Terrier's

"Ripley", a Basenji we have helped raise since she was a puppy is quite a handful and full of mischief. She is somewhat of a schoolyard bully too towards the other dogs. I compare her to the kid in school who pulls the girls braids and sticks the ends in the ink wells. No, I'm not old enough to remember ink wells but I read a lot.
Anyway, she is visiting right now and she has finally met her match in "Rocky" a Cairn Terrier who is also with us for a week. They are rough-housing non stop, dashing around on the deck and into the house and around the table and bouncing off the couch, both of them having a wonderful time. We also have a mini-doxie named "Yadda" visiting who really wants to get right into the thick of things too. Ripley and Rocky have been letting her play with them and it's fun to watch because they are so rough and tumble with each other and then so gentle with Yadda.
Amber, our seventeen year old Poodle is too old now to supervise the rough play much any more like she used to but she is sitting on her pillow on the sidelines overseeing the activity like the Duchess she is.
In other words life is normal around the Aunt Kate's Pampered Pooch household. Besides our own Havanese and Poodle we have visitors that include two Mini-doxies, a Pug and the Basenji. Not a totally full household but enough to be a lot of fun.

Labels: Basenji, Dachshunds, Havanese, Hooray, Poodle, Pug

posted by Aunt Kate @ 11:55 AM