Doggy Tales

Every pet lover has to regale (bore) others with stories about their unique and precious animals. It’s my turn to tell you about our dogs, Koko and Brue.

This morning, as I was taking a shower, Koko came into the bathroom as she usually does and lay on the bath mat with her back toward the shower. After I finished she quietly got up and left the room. She is an equal opportunity dog and does the same for Hazel. We are mystified why she does this and has done it for several years; perhaps she is guarding us from some fanciful rapist (you know, I was naked and…).

Those who know Koko from her salad days will remember that at the slightest opportunity for escape she would race out the door with us in pursuit. Age has mellowed her. Today, when we returned from the grocery with a loaded car trunk, we propped the storm and entry doors open to facilitate unloading the car. Koko politely remained in the house and even gave us room to tramp back and forth from car to kitchen. My how age changes us.

Now, whereas Koko likes to make frequent forays into the backyard (always on a tether) to reconnoiter for cats, our other dog, Brue, prefers a more somnolent lifestyle. Her idea of a cat hunt is to sit inside the house looking out for stray cats.
She will also whimper at the door when Koko wants back into the house.

Brue is intensely loyal (maybe protective too but I can’t attest to that). Brue was given to us because she needed more companionship then was available from her owner. The owner was working and away for many hours. We soon learned that Brue had the same problem with us; she was lonely and showed it by eating our wastebaskets.

Fearing we would have nothing to put our trash in we correctly concluded that Brue needed a full-time companion. A search of the dog pounds resulted in Koko joining the family. Brue craves attention, companionship, and food from us. Koko is more independent and in the evening will often go into my office to sleep alone. She tells us she hates our TV choices.

Are you bored yet?