Hi Erika, I had this experience with my dog Max. Sweetest dog in the world. That is unless youre not canine or human. So, of course my girlfriend has guinea pigs. I didn't think it would be too bad. Boy was I wrong! Anyway, a week into ownership, I accidentally left both doors that access her office open and I'm doing laundry in the basement directly below the guineapig room.
I hear a noise. I think to my self. 'hmm. Whats that?' I hear a lourder noise then a whole bunch of them. Sounds like theres a hurricane in the guinea pig room. HOLY CRAP! Thoughts of myself being in the dog house and max back in the pound fleet across my mind. I took off up the stairs as fast as my legs can move. I'm powersliding across the wood floor trying to make turns as fast as I can. Theres like 6 turns. I got holes in my socks now. I get to the bedroom which connects to the guineapig room. I see the pig running toward a corner(yea its pretty stooopid) and max moving towards him. I use the last of my inertia to hurl myself across the room. I'm like superman flying above the scene. In front of me I see the guineapig get to the corner and turn around to meet its fate. Below me, I see max moving smoothly towards him, eyes keenly focused. I'm coming down now slowly it seems. Right on top of him. I crash down on him and stop him 1 foot from his prize. Luckily I don't hurt him. So he looks up at me wondering what the hell I'm doing. Its almost like what did you do that for! Anyway, The guineapig lives but I still get into the dog house. Apparently Max had grabbed it in his mouth and shook it. It had huge swaths of fur missing. It was pretty much a crisis in our relationship! But somehow everyone survived. So just be carefull! DRE > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:34 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: A Greyhound called Maddy > > > We became unofficial owners of our first greyhound today. :) > > We wanted a dog, and couldn't get the ones we really, really > wanted like a Husky or a Golden Retriever until we buy our > property, so I've been looking into adopting a greyhound. > Funnily enough, even though they are racedogs, they require > minimal exercise in the form of one or two walks a day, and > prefer to sleep most of the time. > > So, after a bit more research, we decided that they fit us > perfectly right now. > > We found a nearby Greyhound rescue kennel, and were shown > several different dogs, including the Arnold Schwartzeneger > of Greyhounds, a girl called Jilly. She looked like your > typical, steroid-taking, competition-winning, muscle-bound, > body builder. Wow! ... But she wasn't the one we fell in love > with ... > > Because out came Maddy, a playful, tall, clumsy, but sleek, > Brindle and White girl. > > All that's left is to get her used to Snoopy the cat. We > actually cat tested her last weekend, letting her come home > and stay ... But we were so nervous about Snoopy, we took > Maddy back, thinking she wasn't the one. She was so sad. :( > > Then we spent all week agonizing over missing her, and > decided that one night was not a test enough, ... It didn't > take into account how excited she was to be in a house and in > new surroundings. > > So now she's back. She has to live muzzled for the week, in > case Snoopy decides to come out from wherever he's hiding ... > But he's in a better mood than he was last week. The eyes > aren't quite so big. The fur isn't up on edge. Maddy is still > very curious about him, but she completely ignores the bird, > so we're hopeful. > > It's going to be fun! We am so excited to have a dog again > ... And to resurrect all the dog training skills I haven't > been able to use in all these years will be fun as well. > Maddy's an excellent walker on a leash and heels quite nicely > ... But Come, Sit and Stay aren't in her vocabulary just yet. ;) > > > Cheers, > > Erika > > Plunge boldly into the thick of life! > Each lives it, not to many is it known; > and seize it where you will, it is interesting. - Goethe > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
