The dog has got me sussed, it seems,
I can get nothing past her…
No matter what approach I try
She’s always thinking faster.
“I’ll hoover in a minute, girl”
‘We’ll see,’ I see her thinking…
Then launches into mad-dog mode
Without so much as blinking.
We spend the next half hour or so
In play and rough and tumble,
“I really must clean up, now girl…”
‘Oh yeah?’ I hear her mumble.
All innocent she drains her bowl
And looks to me for water,
So dutifully I oblige
And fill it as I ought to.
But she, no longer thirsty,
Is now waiting in the hall,
She grins at me pathetically
And offers me her ball..
Another half an hour gone,
The daylight is receding,
Her eyes are wide, her cheeks sucked in…
Okay, it’s time for feeding.
I can’t disturb her as she eats
The housework is still waiting…
She comes to me, all big brown eyes,
For hugs, anticipating.
She takes my sleeve between her teeth,
She knows I can’t resist her…
And knows I’m going nowhere till
We’ve cuddled and I’ve kissed her.
“But now, small dog, I’ve work to do.”
She sighs as if she’s weeping…
But when I get the hoover out,
She all curled up and sleeping!
I can’t disturb her quiet snores
And dreams of chasing rabbits…
She knows exactly how to play
Upon affection’s habits…
It’s small dog, one and hoover, nil
Again, on this occasion.
While I must bow my head in shame…
I lost to pup persuasion.
Aww, so clever.
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Thanks, Sadje…the dog is way too clever 😉
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Yup! Must be laughing in his dreams.
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Oh , she laughs at me all the time! 😉
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Okay, my bad. He is a she! 😜
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🙂
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😀
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another superbly smashing set of stanzas..
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Thanks, Geoff 🙂
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Lovely Sue, and I can relate (though replace ‘ball’ with Baby). Hugs to Ani.
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She tries the babies too 😉 Hugs back 🙂
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bless em. ❤
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Always x
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These furbabies… They have their cute ways…
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They know just how to play us xy
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They really do! Sonu times it well. If I’m sitting down he waits until I need to get up then comes for snuggles and I get late!
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Yes, Ani has a trick of managing to look all forlorn and sits at face height on the sofa arm as soon as I have to leave every day. ..
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How do they do it ….?
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All too easily 😉
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😉
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What would we do without them, though? The housework can wait.
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It often does. She’s more important .
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks, Jaye x
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The housework can always wait. The quicker you do it, the sooner it returns…
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I may need that on a t shirt 😉
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Great idea… There’s a lot of guilty women out there, suffering needlessly…
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I always liked Quentin Crisp’s statement that after three years, the dust doesn’t look any worse 😉
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I love when you write about your pup! This is adorable! ❤
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So is Ani 😉
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So sweet, Sue. Thank you for this heart-warming morning wakeup! ♥
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Glad you enjoyed it, Gwen ❤
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Oh I can relate too! Lovely poem Sue 🙂
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Thanks, Christine 😀
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As a pomeranian owner, this ode to furry mischief spoke to my soul
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You manage to own a dog? In this house, I am convinced it is the other way around 😉
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You may be right!
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My Issi strategically uses the tum for distraction…..when I start getting ready for work in the morning, she rolls over – legs spread and tum waiting…it gets me every time. How does one explain to the boss they are late due to a tumtum distraction???
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Thankfully, my boss knows my Ani very well 🙂
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We all lose to pup persuasion. 💜💜😊
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I know I always do 🙂
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That made me smile! Outwitted and outmaneuvered at every turn!
Looks as though you must learn to accept the dust, Sue 😊
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She beats me every time…
I can live with the dust, it’s the spring moult that bothers me 😉
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Oh, you pushover, you. 😀
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I too have a Mad Dog. He is totally wacko. But he keeps us cursing and laughing.
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Yes, I’ve read about the Duke and recognised the symptoms 😉
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🙂
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Ani rules the roost! 😉
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All the time, whether I like it or not 😉
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I just love your Ani poems, Sue. She is very winsome so it is no wonder you always lose.
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I wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂
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Awwww love that Sue, gorgeous and I get it…
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Thanks, Janette 🙂
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This is so cute and so cleverly written. I can totally understand. I would succumb to Ani’s wiley ways too. Love and hugs to you and Ani. 💕🤗💕
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I won today… she got a bath as well. I called in reinforcements 😉
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😁😁😁
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That is really cute, Sue. 😀 — Suzanne
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Thanks, Suzanne 🙂
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Oh yes, they do know how to use their wiles to their advantage! She has your number, Sue, big time!
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Not just mine either 😉
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