A BOILING BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Hi everydoggy, 

My name is Canaille. I am an English Springer Spaniel and Perky, this blog's owner, is my Mum.

As Summer Season is just on, she is pretty busy gardening and she lets me blog for her and entertain you with my funny and sometimes wacky adventures.

Well, some days are just plain harder than others, that's what yesterday was like for me. Here is what happened.

I am always peckish, I mean I want to snack all the time even if I've only just eaten a proper meal not long before.

So,of course, at home my favourite room is the pantry.

Unfortunately, most of the time it is locked, but yesterday Mum left the door slightly ajar and I could sneak into "the treasure room".

Poor me! On the shelves a lot of food, but either in cans, jars or packs, so no way to treat myself with anything.

I was about to turn back when I caught sight of a crate in the corner of the room, and guess what!

A lot of red balls in it!

For sure, it was my birhday present that Mum had hidden there till my 

B-day (on September 6th for info).

I couldn't help testing one.

It didn't bounce at all, but the "roll the ball " technique seemed to work perfectly.

So, there I was, busy rolling the ball and jumping to catch it when suddenly Mum broke in and said :

" Canaille, you're really a naughty boy ", and then she took the crate to the kitchen and started washing all the balls.

Quite true that they were rather earthy, but Mum knows that playing with dirty or muddy balls has never put me off.

Anyway, she still had a surprise in store for me and, believe me, an awfully bad one…

Once she had washed all the balls, instead of inviting me for a good

" Fetch the ball! " game, that silly clean freak threw them all into boiling water!

Jeez, cleanfreak? Rather borderline germaphobe!!

I was just like my birthday present in the pot : boiling over! What a dog's life!

I was about to blow the fuse when Mum said to Daddy :

" I hope those red potatoes will be tasty, cause they are rather expensive!" .

Naughty me, instead of testing my so-called birthday present, I should have tasted it. I had barked up the wrong tree. That will teach me!

Curiosity killed the cat, but the dog, as well!

That's all for now, dear readers.

Feel free to share my adventures with whoever you want to.

                   Your faithful Canaille, the darling of the blogosphere

HOW TO DEAL WITH UNEXPECTED GUESTS

Hello everydoggy,

My name is Canaille. I am an English Springer Spaniel and Perky, this blog's owner, is my Mum.

As Summer Season is just on, she is pretty busy gardening and she lets me blog for her and entertain you with my funny and sometimes wacky adventures.

If you have read my last post, you already know that there are two foxy intruders in the garden, ready to take my place in Perky's heart.

Of course, I know it won't happen, cause there is not a second in the day when I don't show Perky I love her to the moon and back.

As soon as she gets up, I follow her room-to-room. Sometimes she grumbles that I'm always underfoot and that she should have called me

" Glue-Glue " or "Sticky" instead of Canaille. 

Anyway, whatever she calls me doesn't matter, cause the issue today is how to deal with the two foxes who have been squatting the garden for nearly one month now.

Those two guys are really cheeky and feel footloose and fancy free in my favourite playground!

Yesterday they tore to pieces one of my squeaky toys and Perky just said was that it was my fault cause I should have brought it back home!!

Sometimes "Mrs I-give-lessons-to everyone" gets on my nerves…

But she is my darling and I forgive her everything, except her last light bulb moment.

You know what she has declared?

That if the two foxes come every evening after dinner, it's because they are hungry and begging for some left-overs!

First I had a great aha moment, cause, you see Perky is a good eater and there are never any left-overs.

But a few seconds later my blood ran cold when she added that maybe she could try giving them some of my dry pet food!! 

That girl is as cheeky as the two foxes in the garden! She could at least have asked me!!

So, dear readers, before that naughty girl makes an irreparable error, please leave some comments and suggestions on how to deal with those unexpected guests!

Thanks in advance.

Canaille, your favourite entertainer.