Annoying Things My Dog Does That I Put Up With

This confidential article 'Annoying Things My Dog Does That I Put Up With' is only meant for hopeless dog parents. Cat parents, bunny parents, or gorilla parents can curl up reading this too, as long as you promise not to reveal this to dogs you know.

Before I begin, make sure that you do not have your dogs around you while reading this. Mine are happily snoozing or pestering my rabbit or whatever it is they like doing in their afternoons, in the other room. 

I have always been an incurable dog lover. My affinity selectively towards cats that allow me to pet them has brought about my recent initiation to the cat circle. 

I nursed a few baby mice lost from their mothers. I reunited them with their mice mamas when my canine babies weren't around to wolf them down for a snack. I earned a few rolling eyes from my pest-tortured family. I'm not averse to mice as long as they promise to leave my clothes alone. 

I got a bunny on a whim post a heartbreak. My hesitation towards cleaning bunny poop went out the window once I realised I could afford no hands-on supporters in the ordeal. I've always had a warm heart towards animals and more so towards ones, I could easily sneak into my house. That is how I ended up with three dogs and a pet bunny rabbit. 

"They're only here for a little while. I'll give them away soon, don't worry," I'd plead abashedly once I got caught. 

And that led me here. 

Episode One of Annoying Things My Dog Does That I Put Up With

Picking on my bunny 

After rolling around Biscuit's cage like a trolley on a station, my giant Golden, Pogo will paw the cage to turn over her green delicacy of a meal. After that is accomplished he will wolf it down like it's the next chicken in town. For dessert, Pogo likes to eat bunny poop. When I expressed my dismay at a lack of hands-on supporters for the task, I didn't quite mean this. 

Eating from the Bin 

Despite my repeated disapproval, my black lab, Bitsy loves sneaking into the kitchen and ruffling through the bin for her finds of the day. 

A broken egg peel, a half-eaten banana peel, tea leaves, and wrappers, are what I wake up to each morning with the kitchen door flung open with an obedient Bitsy devouring some of it. 

Before my glowering could turn to reprimands, she'd lower her head, tuck her tail between her limbs and make a beeline for an escape. 

My Disclaimer Dog 

My indie, Bhutu loves peeing and barking.

He pees on the stairs, on his own bed, on my other dogs, on basically anywhere his little legs will cooperate with the pee pose. He barks at my dogs, my maid, my family, and anyone else he can lay his eyes on. 

He is the pest control hotline for your usual rodent issue and loves dreaming of bunnies for snacks. 

Warning: Hearing aids are futile for a 'barked-off' ear. Hands are best kept in pockets or will end up chomped off in a petting endeavour. 

Pea-sized Brain 

The undisputed award for a pea-sized brain of a dog goes to my ">Golden, Pogo. 

If your house is being burgled you can trust Pogo to wag-tail in burglars. You can also expect him to be sleeping away peacefully in a corner during a robbery. To make up for sleeping away during a burglary, he can be seen aimlessly barking at trees from our terrace for an hour. 

This nemesis of a guard dog also greets strangers by getting up on two paws and resting them on their bodies. 

If you throw him a snack, he will inspect everywhere but where his food has fallen for his snack. The lazy bum will never respond when being called barring when he hears the crackling of a food plastic. 

The views expressed are the dog mom's own. 

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