Just like special children we have a special dog. And we have gladly accepted him into our home with all our love, care and constant vigilance. Snowy, a name in our household that makes me and my mother either run for the nearest weapon of mass destruction or our blood pressure pills. The apple of my sister’ (and dad’s) eye Snowy is spoilt, foolish and extremely mal nourished, but definitely not the bane of your life’s.
Snowy arrived as a cute, angelic ball of white fur, hence the name (no surprise there).
Once the vaccinations and medical jazz was taken care of (taken care of by ours truly!), he officially arrived. And boy what a grand entry that was! In his wake he has claimed the life’s of cushions, shoes and chappals, phone chargers, loofahs yes you heard you loofahs bath loofahs, bag straps, plants, chairs. But we still love and care for him. He is the only domestic dog in the whole world who isn’t toilet trained.
Living in a metropolitan city apartment really restricts air flow into the house so we leave the main door open for a bit of wind and of course on several occasions we have had the wind knocked out of us, why you ask, Snowy takes the open door as an open invitation to fly with the wind and have us chase him. Well for one thing its good exercise once in a while.
But all said and written and done, he’s the only one I miss when I’m away from home for months. He’s the only one who will wait up for me when I come home late at night. He’s the only one who will give us unconditional love asking nothing in return, ok maybe a belly rub or that wretched ball of his. If Snowy likes you he will arrive at your footstep with his saliva soaking ball and then starts a real bonding between man and beast.
Even though I can’t breathe in my own bedroom, and need to reach for my Asthalin all the time due to his fur flying all over the place the warm presence beside me is not only reassuring but beautiful.
Well many people wish for unrealistic and impractical things daily, like a pet who doesn’t shit and piss, one that doesn’t bite things, and maybe with all the stress in my life I too have become a hopeless cynic and wish for those same things. But love him or love to hate him, Snowy till he lives, gives us a reason to scream and shout , a reason to bicker and a reason to fight, and most importantly a reason to realise that and creature who cant speak the tongue of man can still love us and love us unconditionally.
Amen.
Snowy arrived as a cute, angelic ball of white fur, hence the name (no surprise there).
Once the vaccinations and medical jazz was taken care of (taken care of by ours truly!), he officially arrived. And boy what a grand entry that was! In his wake he has claimed the life’s of cushions, shoes and chappals, phone chargers, loofahs yes you heard you loofahs bath loofahs, bag straps, plants, chairs. But we still love and care for him. He is the only domestic dog in the whole world who isn’t toilet trained.
Living in a metropolitan city apartment really restricts air flow into the house so we leave the main door open for a bit of wind and of course on several occasions we have had the wind knocked out of us, why you ask, Snowy takes the open door as an open invitation to fly with the wind and have us chase him. Well for one thing its good exercise once in a while.
But all said and written and done, he’s the only one I miss when I’m away from home for months. He’s the only one who will wait up for me when I come home late at night. He’s the only one who will give us unconditional love asking nothing in return, ok maybe a belly rub or that wretched ball of his. If Snowy likes you he will arrive at your footstep with his saliva soaking ball and then starts a real bonding between man and beast.
Even though I can’t breathe in my own bedroom, and need to reach for my Asthalin all the time due to his fur flying all over the place the warm presence beside me is not only reassuring but beautiful.
Well many people wish for unrealistic and impractical things daily, like a pet who doesn’t shit and piss, one that doesn’t bite things, and maybe with all the stress in my life I too have become a hopeless cynic and wish for those same things. But love him or love to hate him, Snowy till he lives, gives us a reason to scream and shout , a reason to bicker and a reason to fight, and most importantly a reason to realise that and creature who cant speak the tongue of man can still love us and love us unconditionally.
Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment