Susie is the name of the gremlin type dog in the header photo and producer of said dog poo. Gremlin as in the bad ones not the cute teddy type one. She is supposedly a jack russell but theres something else in there for sure. Some suggest corgi, others chihuahua and one suggestion of a Lancashire heeler (the colouring is spot on). We have had her for four years now and she seems to get odder each season.
No jack russells and no small dogs were my only requests as we visited the rescue centres. So we came home with a tiny jack russell.She had half a tail and a persona like Eeyore. Goodness knows what life had thrown at her.
She does have issues, a long list of dislikes and fears that make her tremble. She growls for 50 per cent of the day especially at 'poor son', luckily he chose her and adores her - even when she nips him. She will not tolerate visitors. On a side note we discovered the only room in the house that has a door that will actually shut is one of the bedrooms (took us ten years to discover this so we must do a lot of open plan living) -she's imprisoned in there when small children are involved in the visit, we let adults take their chances.
She's about a foot high and protects me from the postman and the dog that sneaks into our garden. She has sat and mourned with me, twice. Once when my mum had to go into a care home for long term respite while I staved off a nervous breakdown. Then a second time when the tiny lap that she had snuggled on for many a peaceful nap had had enough of fighting illness and left us.
I've not even started on the escapology. To date:
one lead (snapped in half when she saw a cat)
two collars slipped out of regularly
two harnesses eased herself out of
one tiny gap in the fence(in her slim youthful days)
You certainly brighten up my day.
ReplyDeletethat's a lovely thing to say, thank you.
DeleteI love a good tail, she's lovely. We have four dogs and never short of a story. The rescued collie is the worst, we ban children and adults take their chances here to x
ReplyDeletejust had a visit with a baby, 2 adults and a dog. She did ok actually. Bared her teeth and growled but that was all. Baby kept trying to kiss her tho so off to the bedroom with her
DeleteWhat a cutie, I love your little doggie, I had a little dog,he was a welsh corgie cross and he was a bugger, he didn't like anyone near me , he went mental when someone came over, and when the postman came, but still loved him to bits,and he gave us a lot of love also , we lost him just over a year ago now, he just had some sort of seizure and died really quickly, he was a little character x
ReplyDeleteaah that's sad, really sorry. That's very interesting as people think she has some corgi in her and it sounds like our little beasties could be from the same stock character wise.
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