We had porridge for dinner, the small dog and I,
She likes it with cream on, I wouldn’t know why..
She’d already eaten, but doing her duty,
Protecting my waistline and small claim to beauty,
She thought she’d be helpful and have second helpings
Distracting me nicely with wagging and yelping,
And soon as my back was turned dinner was eaten,
I’m fast, but a hungry small dog can’t be beaten.
She polished her own off and while I did dishes
It seems that a fairy came, giving her wishes
I had left my dinner in reach, it is true,
(An obvious failing, between me and you)
The ham disappeared without leaving a trace
Except for the grin upon one small dog’s face
And so we had porridge, the doglet and I,
I can’t say I fancied it, heaven knows why,
And then when I left it, you wouldn’t believe it,
The small dog sneaked up and decided to thieve it.
It’s my own fault, I know, a fact I can’t ignore,
While she’s fast asleep, all curled up on the floor.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
It’s a dog eat everything world… 😉
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Apparently so 🙂
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Reminds me so much of the dear old golden lab who once was the most important and well fed member of our family 🙂
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I just want to know where she puts it all… 😉
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Our dear Holly’s waistline showed us where – she was forever expanding. Even crossed the road to eat the scraps thrown out for some free range chooks. That dog believed big is beautiful!
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Ani remains slender.. largely because she rarely stops bouncing, I think 🙂
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Her sins will catch her when she’s older and less active!
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She has time for that yet 🙂
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Brilliant! I really love everything about this poem! Makes me miss my dogs even more!
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Thank you!
There may be a small, hungry dog available… 😉
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Gorgeous, Sue 🙂
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Spontaneous Creativity.
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Thank you
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My own dogs, they are cheering right now!
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They are all just as bad, aren’t they 😉
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I once left a pound of bacon on the counter, 4 feet up and 2 feet across and our yellow lab grabbed it and wolfed it down while my back was turned, answering the phone – –
I’m pleased to announce my current companion is such a lady, she will not strain herself, nor dirty a paw to raid the unattended….
LOL
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Molly and Echo were the worst… they worked in tandem with distraction techniques. They were, oddly, particularly fond of helping themselves to my son’s unattended beer.
Ani does have manners.. honest… she won’t help herself to anything on the counter. The fridge, if left open and my back turned, is fair game, though… and once something is on a plate, she sees it is mine and will just kidnap it given chance.
I’m not sure what that says about our relationship….. 😉
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One that is so close and loving, fear of brutal punishment for stealing the muffin is never even thought of … 😀
My brother recently ended up with a dog that is no taller than 2 feet, but can leap in one bound onto his cafe style bar table (4 ft high) and clean it up fast – –
She also recently jumped up onto the back of a tractor (big one) and wolfed down one worker’s lunch –
He has some new jumping/eating story every week and ends it with, “Guess Fergie is my punishment for never having kids.”
😀
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*chuckles* That’s one way of looking at it 🙂
No, this little one knows I’ll just end up laughing at her… she has the most expressive face of any dog I have ever known… and makes the most of it too.
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🙂 nice
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Thank you 🙂
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Your gorgeous dog is so like my dog Blue to look at…twins..and twins in the stomach to it seems, I catch Blue sneaking into the hen house to steal eggs. I caught her the other day..she tried to look all sweet and innocent, but she had a chook feather on her nose lol..p.s. she doesn’t eat the hens..just steals their eggs
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*chuckles* Now Ani is a bird dog… she grins and sees them all off. I don’t know what she would ever do if she caught one.. but there is little chance of that. She stalks them quietly till she’s close enough to bark and bounce .. nothing more. She disapproves of having them in the garden… which is a pity as I love them.
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She must have collie in her??? Blue is a collie/spaniel x we think!!
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Well, she has collie colours.. yet Dad was a fox red retriever and Mum a pure English Setter… so somewhere along the way…;-)
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LOLOL a throw back from wayyyy back 😉
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She came from Ireland.. it must be the Irish charm 😉 x
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hehe must be..I often get told I look irish lol
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Now that you mention it… 😉
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😉 If only my eyes were green
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Blue have their own charm and brown the depths 😉
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too true, I’ve heard brown eyes are symbolic of a very compassionate soul
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I’m not answering that 😉
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hehehe
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😉
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just delightful
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Thank you, Paul.
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Reblogged this on Wyndy Dee and commented:
Love it! A dog who likes porridge is a keeper! ❤
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I got a little doggie i mean eats anything lol great write
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Thank you 🙂 They are such fun, even when they are misbehaving 🙂
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So cute. Ani reminds me of my Cocker Spaniel, Rusty, who would eat ANYTHING – fried onion sandwiches, oatmeal, you name it. He would be so full. Yet, if you tried to take away the remaining oatmeal in a pan, he’d be protective of it and growl. Dogs are crazy, but fun!
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This one definitely comes under the heading of crazy… but i love her dearly 🙂
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