Crikey … that rain is hard to come by, aye? Unless you are
at the beach it seems. We headed off for my afternoon run at the beach and it
was bright sunshine at our house. We got to the beach and it was so pretty
again. There was still rain out to sea and the most beautiful rainbow.
It was sunny on the beach but not out to sea and before we knew what hit us the rainbow disappeared and we could see the rain coming closer and closer across the water. Well …we got soaked. I wasn’t at all happy. I put up with it for a few minutes and then I was off. Took off up into the sandhills at a rate of knots and hunkered down under a casuarina tree. Mum and Dad were falling about laughing. Said I was a big whimp … yeah … you heard right …. A BIG WHIMP!!! Hmmmmmmmph! I was cold …. I don’t have much fur to keep me warm. Mum and Dad said it wasn’t cold but I WAS COLD!!! It only lasted a few minutes and then the sun came out again. I was right then. Had a big run around to keep warm and guess what I found …. A DEAD MUTTON BIRD!!!! I was in Charlie heaven!! I got that bird firmly in my jaws and took off with it to the dunes.
There was no way anyone was going to get that bird
from me. I had a good play with it. I ran and ran with it, throwing it up into
the air and catching it and then I settled down to have a good old chomp.
Mum
and Dad tried to get it from me. What’s with that? Whenever I have something
good they want it. Well just this once I wasn’t letting them have any part of
it. I was keeping that mutton bird all for myself. They finally gave up and
left me to it. Crikey it was good. Don’t
know what’s wrong with all you pussy cats out there. You hunt them down and
kill them and then give them up for the peoples to admire. Go hide them
somewhere for a few weeks, I say, and then when they are good and dried out
invite your mates over for a feast. You’ll be the most popular bloke on the
block.
How funny is this …. Guess what I got for tea tonight?? That’s right …. Sardines! Seems like everytime
I find some real good smelly treasure Mum feeds me sardines for tea. She
reckons I couldn’t smell any worse than I already did. I smelled like a rose …
what’s she talking about??
Wanna run … Love, Charlie.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun at the beach... well, aside from the rain. I hate the rain, too... but I hate ice more. And that's what we got on Sunday. Ice. 82 on Saturday and ice on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThat's stupid Finley! How can you have 82 one day and ice the next. Was it hail or what? And what was the temperature. Was it cold? We sometimes get hail but the temperature is still hot. It melts real quick but it's fun for a while.
DeleteIt were 12 last night, so yeah, it were super super cold!
DeleteStupid, stupid weather!
DeleteWow! What a wunnerful treasure yu found!
ReplyDeleteWhy do They nefur let us have nuthin good?
A question fur yu Charlie. Jus' one, this time.
At the beach, do yu come to yur pawrents when they call yu? How did yu learn to be so 'bedient?
Ok, well, that's two questions. I din't think yu'd mind. :-)
Yeah ... real meanies!! Well Zoe .... most of the time I come to them but not when I got a dead mutton bird in my chops. I never go far away though. Don't tell anyone Zoe but I have a bit of a problem with separation anxiety. I don't want them to get too far away from me so I hang around them pretty much. I bring my treasures to them but stay just far enough away that they can't catch me to take it away. I am pretty fast you know!!! I'm not very obedient at all Zoe. Mum reckons I'm the hardest dog she's ever had to train and she doesn't do it now but she was a dog trainer once. She even helped train the dingoe's at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. That was quite a few years ago now. I'm real proud that I'm harder than those dingoe blokes. Hope that answered your questions, Zoe. Are you impossible like me. It's fun aye? Gotta keep 'em on their toes!!
DeleteCrikey Zoe Mr. JF Sir wanted to know about recalls too. Read Mum's reply to Growlmey below too, aye??
DeleteGot it Charlie. I gotta say, it makes me feel better knowin yu ain't 'nother Mr. Perfect Harri startin out.
DeleteWe all make boo boos. Shoot, we're dogs how jus wanna have fun!
You got it right there Zoe ... I'm just here for fun and to make Mum and Dad laugh. Mind you I don't think our Harri was all that perfect either. They just keep telling me he was, over and over and over and over ......... Crikey that was a good song, aye? Girls just wanna have fu-un or something like that.
DeleteI'm with you, Charlie...I hate to get wet...and I hate that raincoat I have even more,BOL!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would want to be giving up any found treasures, either.
I think I need to ask the same recall question as Zoe...well Growlmy does!
Yeah ... I've got a raincoat too ... I don't mind wearing it but it's NEVER around when I need it.
DeleteCrikey MR, JF Sir ... you're a JRT .... JRT's are not known for their good recalls. Usually ok but if there's a rabbit or a good smell about ... forget it!!!
(For Growlmy - it takes a lot of patience and the best way I've found is to start with a sit stay at short distances on lead. Always give a treat when they do it right and increase the distance you leave, always on lead, until you are confident they will come and then start all over again off lead increasing the distance you leave them. If they even once don't come back when called you have to decrease the distance for a while. Mum had Harri and Lucy trained very well because she did compete with them in obedience trials agilty and flyball but HOW LUCKY AM I? I'm just for FUN and I get away with a LOT!!!
Growlmy says she kniws all that...abd when I was a wee one she did all those furry things...but like you said...I furget all when I smell or see things that need to be chased. And funny thing, once I got away, and instead of her chasing me, she ran the opposite way, trying to entice me with her shouts of come and see what I see...BOL! I followed her into a fenced yard down the street...and that was the end of that get away jaunt!
DeleteBut then they decided ti get a fenced yrd, and when it was done, they opened the door and didn't put me on a lead...and go fgure, I did NOT run away even to our fenced woodsy area, BOL! I knew it was not going to score me too much run time! Well our yard is a whole acre, totally fenced and I can run freely in there...like the wind if I think there is a varmint to go after...and even so, I still often don't come...only if i hear Come, cookie...then I know she will give me a nom when I come to her.
The saddest thing for growlmy to watch was a neighbor...no longer there...but she had a dog, and if she was naughty, tht lady would call the dog to her, and she was really good about coming, but then she would get yelled at for the naughtiness...yikes, growlmy explained to that lady that it was a great way to turn off the recall in her dog...who wants to come if you're gonna get in trouble?
BOL, even if growlmy wants to kill me for whatevfur, she always praises me and loves on me when I come to her...I know she isn't happy though, cause I will wag my tail at half mast...
Mr. JF Sir your Growlmy sounds very wise. She knows all about what to do with us four legged blokes, aye? She does all the right things. My Mum's done that running away from me thing too. Crikey I got the shock of my life. I chased after her so fast I nearly knocked her flying when I caught up to her. You've got a whole acre to play in???? Crikey I've got a postage stamp to play in. That's why we go to the beach so often. A whole acre ..... lucky you!! No wonder you don't want to go anywhere. A whole acre????? Like your Growlmy my Mum hates it when she sees people yelling or being nasty to their dogs when they call them and they finally come back after being a bit naughty or whatever. Brain dead ... some humans!!! My Mum doesn't even yell at me when I'm naughty. Dad does but I know he doesn't mean it and he always cuddles me and tells me what a good boy I am when I come to him. Mum had a neighbour once whose puppy would jump over their fence to escape and when the owner caught him he would take him to the fence and pick the puppy up and whack him against the fence. Mum couldn't stand it. She rang the RSPCA and reported him. They took the dog away from him and wouldn't let him have another dog. Mum hates to interfere with other peoples lives but couldn't stand to see that happening. I can't do the tail at half mast thingoe cause my tails always down but I do the big hang dog look when I know I've been naughty.
DeleteI third what Zoe and Freckles are asking! I never come when I am called. You would be a very good boy if you came when you were called. That looks like a pawsome find you have there! I just love to get wet. Cannot wait until spring and I can swim in my river.
ReplyDeleteCrikey Buddy ... It was a great find!! Hope spring arrives real soon for you!!
DeleteMe, tu! I need kno', Charwie!! How/Why du yu wissen tu yur pawents?? BOL!
ReplyDeleteCrikey Zaidie ... see my replies to Zoe and Mr. JF Sir. I don't listen too good. It's the separation anxiety thing .... I don't like them to get too far away from me so I keep a pretty good eye on them all the time. As long as they are close by I don't listen or do as I'm told. I'm VERY naughty!!!
DeleteI never finds nuffin good like dead birds - well sometimes I finds em, but I's always on leash and momma won't let me near em.
ReplyDeleteCrikey Whitley ... beautiful Sheilas like you don't need those old mutton bird perfumes. You smell real good without them.
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