"Lassie" has nothing on my poodle

[PucciNPoni]

Okay, sign me up for the bad mummy rehab!

It's now taken me two days to admit my guilt, so go easy on me girls and boys.

So two nights ago I had a friend round for dinner. As she was leaving, it was dark and windy and horrible. My border terrier Chester sometimes slips out front for a cheeky pee (cos for whatever reason, it's far more interesting to pee out there than it is out back where the plants and bushes are at his whim 24/7). Thought he came back in and I shut the door. I went to the living room, plopped on the sofa and Merlin, my min poodle was going MENTAL - running up and down the hall, whinging at the front door and then jumping in my lap (which elicited a shove off from me) and then running to the door again to whinge. About five minutes of this I realised that I was only counting two dogs - but sometimes Chet will curl up in th "man den" with my hubby.

I shouted up to my hubbs to see if Chester was with him, NO...

DOH!

......I ran to the front door and opened it and in exploded Chester who then proceeded to do about fifty million laps around the house at breakneck speed with Merlin bouncing along gleefully (and Corki bless her, hiding from the two loonies).

Merli, the clever boy had been telling me that Chester was out front and I gave him a row for getting in my way of the tv!

So what's my pennance?

 

[frankie7]

oh dear! although i am sure you are not alone in miss counting dogs, even if there are only 2, our big dog can open the door and has escaped a few times, once into the neighbours house to eat their cat's food!! oops!

 

[PucciNPoni]

Oh what a naughty dog! LOL

Actually, I think Merlin was just annoyed that he wasn't on the loose as it were. The week before, my husband came in and then immediately realised Merlin wasn't jumping on him. So he opened hte front door again...no Merlin. Checked out the back, no Merlin. Started to panic (we're not far from a busy road) and spotted the neighbor - and he asked them.

To which they replied "yes, he's running around inside our house. We can't catch him!"

 

[CorvusCorax]

Aw. Clever boy, reminds me of that Garfield comic strip.

BARK BARK
"What is it boy, has Timmy fallen down the well?"
"No. He wants a pizza."
BARK BARK
"Has the mine shaft collapsed?"
"No. He wants a pizza."

 

[PucciNPoni]

Ha! I would agree with the clever statement except that he has been known to try to jump in to the boot of my car. Before I open it. >snigger< And speaking of cartoon....he actually looked like a cartoon character as he slid down the side back of the boot when he crashed in to it having failed to jump through a closed boot! LOL LOL LOL

 

[MardyMare]

Aw bless him. Lucky he has nice 'mates' lol. My son works in a restaurant on weekends and had come home late and let the dogs out for a wee. He thought my two were back in and went to bed. Something woke me up and I was aware that the female was not in her bed but did JRT tell me - no way! he was fast asleep. I went downstairs and bless her she was just standing there wagging her tail waiting to be let in. My son was still getting ready for bed so hopefully she hadnt been out there too long and she loves being outside.