...and six small children. Ages ranging from just over two to nearly six years, nearly all of them on top of one small Tikva! I had seen one of the littlies running down the path [the door was open on its chain] so unhooked the chain for Tikki to go out and greet her fan club, and oh did they rush at her! She did not get a chance to get more than half way through the doorway and was almost flattened, but she knows and loves these little children and her tail just did not stop wagging. OK, so they all know her [they are Shulamit's grandchildren] and Dana, her daughter was with them - none of them being hers - then another two turned up, about eight-years old, but they did not get a chance to pet Tikki because the little ones were in the way. I know that Tikva would not hurt them - she does not see them every week, and then not all of them each time, but she is used to them and they know not to be the slightest bit rough with her. Also Dana was with them to make sure they would be gentle and I was behind Tikki so could easily hoiked her onto my lap by her harness if I thought she was getting a bit overwhelmed. When Dana told the children that they had to go as their food would be ready and herded them off, I do not know who was more disappointed, them or Tikva, who followed them as far as her tether would let her, and then stood on her hind legs to watch them.
Dogs are good at knowing who to trust & who not to trust. Bin men are not to be trusted as they nick the wheelie bins
For an 11½ month-old puppy to be so happy when surrounded by all those little children, all trying to get to her at the same time, is so nice to see. She knows that they will not hurt her and I know she is perfectly safe with them. As for the binmen - they would have difficulty in nicking my wheelie bin as it is wedged between the bottom of my ramp path and the little wall of my "patio", just a couple of metres from my front door. The binmen just run down the path, lift the lid and take out the one bag I have inside it. Plus, of course, everybody keeps their bins on the pavement so why try and nick mine - and I have never heard of any wheelie bins going missing.
No don't mean nicking them as nicking them, just taking them to be emptied but they are nicking them to my 6 dogs xx
I misunderstood you - Pereg used to rush out barking, but it was more a Hello bark and the binmen knew that she would back away to let them get to my bin. Mind you she could hear them from way down [or up, depending on which way they came] the road, with her "the binmen are coming" bark, even when they turned up at 4am. No going out then, of course. Tikva also rushes out barking but only when she sees them, then shoots back and watches from the doorway until they have gone - then goes and has a sniff round the bin to see if there are any messages for her! Typical scent hound - when she isn't standing on her hind legs to see what is around, she goes around outside with her nose always on the ground!
My two will sit and watch the bin men, - maybe a Woof, but nothing much. My big problem is with the postmen, and the procession of leaflet posters. It started with Tweed, but she made a good job of teaching Eddie, and he really means it! We did manage to get him to cool it a couple of years ago, when we had a regular chap who would spend a minute to speak, but these days the post people are constantly changing - I'm sure Ed thinks it is because he has managed to see them off. Merry will give him a back up Arroooo if he's really het up, but she has no plans to be a guard dog - unless it's against car horns and alarms!
