The door is wide open…
She shivers inside;
She has not enough fur
Wrapped around that thin hide.
Now, me I’m quite cosy
Snug- coated in black
And can sit and enjoy
Autumn sun on my back.
“You are in or you’re out,”
She says, holding the door,
“I’d rather not sit here
And freeze any more.”
Wish she’d make up her mind,
It was she who had said
That I’d better go out
When I got out of bed.
So out I had gone
In the cold, frosty dawn
And padded around
In the damp of the lawn.
Would she like it, I asked,
If she had to get cold
Before day ever dawns
And the sunrise grows old?
She would not, I am sure,
She would whimper and whine
She has a nice bathroom…
The garden is mine.
And so, just to show her,
I’ll sit in the door,
Neither inside not out
Till my paws start to thaw.!
Then I hear her teeth chatter,
And she’s starting to sneeze…
So I go warm her up,
Cuddled up on her knees.
Yes, I know, I’m a sucker,
It should be no surprise…
Even I can’t resist
Giving in to brown eyes.
🙂
Much love,
Ani xxx
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Aw, so adorable. 🙂
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She is 😉
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🙂 Good dog, Ani! (Although you may be a tad spoiled. 😉 There are not many two-legs who would allow you to sit in the open door on a chilly morning, you know.)
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She lets me most of the day …the fresh air is good for her 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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And I think she can’t resist you either, ani )
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There is that… 😉
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Poor Ani. I know it can’t be easy going out into a cold garden before dawn, even with your lovely warm coat. On the other hand, if you’re not very interested in using the, um, indoor facilities…
Anyway, I’m glad you ended up as best of friends again by the end. 🙂
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I ‘member she wasn’ impressed when I used indoors as a pup… 😉
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Oh well, at least you tried, Ani. 🙂
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I try most things…that’s the problem 😉
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Aw you care so much Ani, you old softy 😊
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Might do 😉 But don’t tell her 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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They are always contradicting themselves Ani, I get that too. When Mum Adele is bashing away on the writing thing and I am out or sitting with my paws over the back step she gets all. Dante….get inside. Out …in …I`m going to the sofa. much paw love Ani from Dante dog.
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Morning, Dante. Yep… they are a confusing…and confused…lot. But we can look after them. 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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Well, Ani, if it’s any consolation that ‘in or out’ is what my mum was always saying to me when I was small – and I’m a two-legs,
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She says hers said the same 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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Heh! Me too … and I could never figure out what was so bad about the inbetweens. 🙂
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It is cold when she’s holding the doors open 😉
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Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.
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I have a feeling that ‘in or out’ might be important this winter. They say it will be very cold…
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It already gets chilly mid-afternoon with the doors open…
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I’ve given up going out to wee on cold mornings – I use the bathroom now. OK, so it’s the floor… I’d sit on the toilet if I could, honest! Millie (aged 13) xx
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Oh bless her. Ani has a way to go before she reaches that grand old age. x
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I have to go out on a leash, Ani. So I take my sweet time deciding just where I am going to do my business. I like to sniff around and around. She tells me to get on with it, but some things cannot be rushed! Angel
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Hi Angel…I get out on the leash too… though I don’t stay on it if I can help it 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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Ani, you’re a wonderful companion! xx ellen
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She is ❤
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Ani seems to wrap you round her paws.
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Absolutely, Jan. She knows who is in charge 😉
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Ani, what do you think about getting warm booties for your paws? Then you can lounge in the doorway as long as you like. Psst, you didn’t hear this from me.
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I should p’raps mention, it isn’t my feet that et cold 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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I know Ani, but I love the image of you in warm booties. 😊 love back. xxx
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Not happening, Jan… it was bad enough when she triedto put a coat on me…as if fur’s not enough! 😉 Much love, Ani xxx
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I know Ani but I love the image of you in warm booties. 😊 Love back. xxx
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Oops! Slow internet alert. Hm, perhaps not Ani. As kids my sisters and I were made to wear huge green woolly hats and scarves. Looked like green beans we did. The shame of it. I sympathise. xxx
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Ah… my two-legs sends her sympathies there. Her mother was a knitter 😉 xxx
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You’re such sweetie Ani. 🙂 xo
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😉 ❤ x
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Such a precious dog!
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She is… she owns me completely.
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With the doggy door, our kids get to sit half in and half out. Summer and winter, letting bugs or icy cold in. It’s a dog’s life.
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Ani’s doggy door is the double door into the garden…a whole wall almosy. We had all the flies in summer. Winter we may have to have words about.
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