Monday, December 5, 2016

My Last....

Nerve!!!
 OMG.... she is just driving me up the wall, round the bend (as if I am not already there) thru the woods, over the river, what ever you want to call it!!! She looks so sweet and unassuming, huh??? But she can just. be. unreasonable.  she wants out then stands there, has to be reminded what she is out there for, GO, GO POTT!! Geez.... Then demands to be in. right. now.  Not when u get done doing what you went to do. Might as well just stand right by the door and wait for her. Then she might want on the bed with you, but then jumps right down, and you KNOW that you will have to get up yet again to put her back on the bed, because, she WILL want back up. right. now.  And why is it that there are times, she will sit on the bed and cry and cry to be lifted down as she knows she should not jump, NO steps have never worked, will not use steps...
Why is everything. right. now.  And the incessant whining, if you do not do what she wants, whatever that might be.  How in the world did I make this?  and have no doubt I am sure that I did make this mess.  I am a bad mama, in that I just do what they want, because what else is there to do, her will is much, much, much stronger than mine. My nerve may be short but her wanting something is longer, stronger, lasting, goes on forever until you hit on just the thing that she is wanting at the time.  To go outside, there is no water in the bowl. AND food is another thing, she gets up at 7am!!  Oh, yes, I may go back to bed after, but her needs have to be seen to. Outside and her kibble.  She gets 1/4 cup at 7am and at 4p AND the 4p is fluid. I DO try to stick to the 4p...BUT for an hour, yes an hour before, she thinks it is about time, yes, high time, about time.. the whining and staring and sighing and dancing about if I happen to get up for something or go anywhere near where the food is stored..... About 8pm it is time for bed and there is the longing looks towards the bedroom and the staring again, she does not want to go in there herself, she wants me to be in there with her. Even tho I have spent all day with her plastered at my side or on my lap. Then she sleeps in the middle of the bed, and there is jerking and kicking if I should happen to encroach on her side by the slightest, now it is ok if she is plastered beside me, but I can't be touching or flopping over onto her!!! There is a fine line, even tho it seems as if it is all one and the same thing, or so it seems.....
I love her dearly and know she loves me...... she has my heart and soul and I would do anything for her, and so it seems I do.
(and I haven't even started in on Carl..... hahaha)
Take Care All and God Bless, may you all have Blessed little critters in your life, they enrich and expand and make it whole, even if they are a seemingly constant irritant :)

7 comments:

  1. I can so so relate. And Skittlez has gotten worse since Scooter died. It's amazing how stubborn and demanding they can be. And we wouldn't trade one minute of our time with them.

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  3. You make a strong argument for not getting a pet.......ever!

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    1. Oh, that is NOT what I mean at all.... as evidenced by the end of the story, but one must have a strong will, stronger that the pups and a definite sense of humor!!!

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  4. Interesting to see you are having similar 'hound' problems that I am. I keep telling them sometimes "you are my last hounds ever" and they just look at me like I'm losing my mind. I swear the world of hounds must have their own social media where they plan and think of things to drive their owners crazy. I understand 100% what you are saying in today's post.

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    1. Am glad someone out there understands as it seems at times I am standing here alone against her!!! and today is a challenge with the 'weather' did not even go into that, snow on the ground and she does not want to go outside, but I would not want to lower myself down into all that coldness either, so am out there 'sweeping' the ground for her to have a 'safe' place to pee, geez!!!

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  5. Fred, has started whining and it drives me crazy, very strong willed. I usually have lunch around 1:30 and he gets his teeth cleaning bone, boy will he get annoying if I am not on time with that. And if he can't get his way he sits in his bed facing the wall or just sit there staring at me. I don't think I have every met a doxie that is not like this. haha

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