Very occasionally I do a bit of pet sitting. So far this year I have done it twice. It is a nice way to have the joy of a dog or dogs and other pets - mostly in very large, well-appointed properties. And, so it was last week that I had a four-day break with two dogs and a long-suffering cat. I mention this because this pet sit was so different and I more than fell in love with a naughty pup!
The house I did the sit in has potential and when the
extension is finished it will be palatial. Unfortunately, between agreeing to
the sit and doing it there had been a number of delays in the building work. It
meant I had to take the dishes to be washed in another room and the floor of
the extension was freezing cold. There were workers popping in doing bits while
I was there so I knew it was a work in progress.
Add to the mix an 8-month-old golden retriever. He is
gorgeous but like retrievers in general he ate everything. He managed to get
the big bag of dog food off the table while I was out of the room and tuck into
it. He ate my bread from the table while I popped to the next room to get cutlery
and he ate my slipper. This meant that I had to walk around the cold floor in
stocking feet. Argh.
The poor cat was terrorised by this pup. I had to keep her
food out of his way. He even tried to eat her plastic bowl. I put everything I
could on top of the fridge. Nowhere was far enough out of this dog’s way. However,
when I sat in the snug and watched TV, this pup wasn’t content to sit near me.
He had to sit on top of me. He was a larger-than-life, loveable mutt.
Now I am back home and into my normal routine. A little
highlight was having a small birthday party for Nasser who is getting very old!
Danielle brought the girls over and Ezra-Mae showed how well she can behave at
the table. She really was grown up. Danielle made a birthday cake which
probably had about 1000 calories a slice so we ate off each other’s plate so
the calories didn’t count.
I have also finished my swim challenge this week. I have swum 150 miles since March 20th. I have been away for more than 6 of those weeks too. With all the swimming, eating calorie-packed cake shouldn’t be a problem but it is. Perhaps I should get a dog of my own and take it for long walks as well as swimming. Maybe that should be my New Year’s resolution – More exercise; less cake!
Winter is upon us
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