Abandonement!

One of the major issues the world over is the fact that most animal shelters are over burdened with discarded animals.

I look at my 3 pooches, and i wonder how anybody could bear to part with a loved one like that. Every day i thank the persons who, unknowingly, were the cause for my acquiring my 3 lovely dogs.

Tyson, unwanted, discarded due to his medical disabilities, not loved, not shown any affection, and yet……………this is the guy who screeches like a girl if we pull his leg playfully, refusing to bite! The other day, he chomped right through my hand, through and through (I still have the scar to prove it!) and as i almost fainted with the agony of it, he wouldnt stop licking me to say sorry…..wouldnt go back to playing with Sandy, just hovered around me as i flopped on the ground.

Sandy…………..my beloved dalmatian! She is now 5 1/2. I got her when she was 1 1/2. Every time i see her, every time she licks my hand, i think back to what kind of human beings would have abandoned an adorable 1 yr old dog! Sandy is quite the timid dog. She hunches in fear if we speak loudly to her, crouches if we raise our hand or accidentally raise an object above her. Sandy tolerated obnoxious tasting cough syrup and potent antibiotics pushed right down her throat as a new dog when she first came to us, for her pneumonia, for 3 weeks, without even once nipping my hand, let alone biting it! For all that, she’s a fearsome guard dog! With her around, i leave the front door open…………….woe betide any 2-legged, 4-legged, or 6-legged creature that dare venture inside our front gates! She bites and goes straight for the jugular!

She loves human touch and prefers to sleep close to the person. I hold her face in my hand and always think, why would anybody discard her????

Rufus, my little baby! The furrball! He is 4 yrs old. Thrown out on to the streets and picked up by a animal care volunteer. He bears no malice toward the human race. Au contraire, he loves them to bits and has a very comical way of showing it too! He scampers to them on his short feet, shaking rump and all, and then suddenly stops short, in front of them, tail wagging away, with a happy smile on his face, inviting to play! He is all fury and rage at unknown adversaries, and has been known to fight fearlessly, but with us, he gives plaintive cries, whining and purring like a cat! All he wanted was to be loved and with that he grew back his luxurious fur and all his skin issues vanished!

A day in their lives……………

After the morning Tyson is anxious to play with his ‘ball’, an empty tender coconut shell,which he picked up during the walk!

He waits impatiently for Sandy to trudge up the stairs………….

Tyson had just then barked so loudly, in his typical resonating bark, that Sandy turned her face away coz the sound hurt her ears!

Rufus was already in and racing up the stairs to reach the terrace for their morning games! The ball in question, was demolished and torn apart in a matter of minutes!

Tyson, in fact, was so exhausted after all the exercise, that he could not stand up to drink his water! I had to keep his bowl down for  him to lap it up!

And, after all that, while i am slaving away to put food on the table, hurriedly going through my chores before leaving for work, my 3 devoted pooches, are ‘resting’! After just an hours walk and 15 mnts. of play, this is a breather for them!

Even getting them to have their breakfast is a herculean task. None of them budge from their siesta!

After their breakfast is over, i come out of my kitchen to see this! And on expressing my indignation loudly………………….

Sandy and Rufus couldnt be bothered! Tyson gives me the look……………why are you yelling? Where is the fire? Even if there’s a fire, we trust you to put it out in good time. So just get on with it! With that, he turns over! And Rufus trots over to another spot………a little distance away where my voice will not ‘disturb’ him!

And……………

An itinerary of resting poses!