This morning as I walked my dog, I suddenly thought how much she functions like the skill Ruwach in an online game I used to played. I have wrote about this game in my other blog.
Ruwach, from my memory, is a circular hot fire that circulate around the spell summoner. It detects and damages anything invisible to the spell summoner before it gets too close.
All of my dogs has always like to continuously walk in circles around me during our dog walk even with the dog leash on.
I would practice throwing my dog's shit into the garbage bin every time I walk my dog. Yesterday, was my closest to getting it in with one pitch. It actually hit the bin flapper. Unfortunately, my throw was not strong enough.
The picture is my illustration of one of the garbage bin I practice at.
If you are not scared of dogs, they really are the best companion anyone can ask for. Today, I came home to an empty house, a very rare occurrence. Okee was there welcoming me with an inviting smile and the excitement of seeing me home. She no longer jumps on me or hug me at the door, probably because she is over 13 years of age and can no longer stand on her hind legs only. I really miss her hugs though.
After fixing myself dinner, I decided to walk her. You see, I was too tired to take her out earlier this morning. Again, she is excited as always. It was very nice to walk in the evening today, it was quiet and the wind was blowing. I love hearing the sounds of leaves whistling. As we walked together I listened and looked at all the different colours of the leaves, transparent under the sun.
As we continued our walk, I can't help but notice how carefree she walked and how genuinely happy she was. Earlier that evening, I was complaining about not liking my cell phone and how it is more of a device of constant rejection for me. If Okee and I communicated by phone, we will not be able to keep in touch at all. Okee cannot use the phone!
I'm really lucky to have came across Okee.
I flipped through my "The encyclopedia of dog breeds" and still cannot tell which terrier my brother and sister in law's dogs are. They may be mutts or I didn't look through the encyclopedia as well as Mrs. Weasley (previously Miss Granger) would have.
Anyhow I want to write about why you should not get terriers. Their hair are long and requires frequent cutting. What's wrong with long hair? One problem is that their poop can get stuck on it. Their shit from their buttocks as well as eyes!
You would either have to wash their eyes every morning or cut the fur off. The excretion from their eyes could go so bad that it can cover an entire eye leading to a possible bad infection.
Lucky for them, I am a very attentive dog sitter so I fix potential big problem early on so it remains small and tiny.
These two terrors are tiny but yeah. Enough said.
Q passed away more than a year ago but sometimes I would find myself in tears out of nowhere. I could be walking Okee to a place that the three of us used to visit and see a scene from my memory of Okee and Q playing carefree. Instead, all I see is Okee no longer venturing into their play area.
A few days ago, I decided to buy a pear tree. Today, I planted it at a spot where Q used to dig at. The traces of him is still in our backyard. We have been and are still fixing all the digging patches he left behind since his passing. Perhaps he was digging a hole for me to plant a tree all along.
Okee and I run into a lot of playful dogs during our daily outing. It's a little troublesome when I cannot tell whether the owner of the other dog want his or her dog to play or not. Sometimes, but rare, I am that person.
I can think of many valid reasons why that might be the case. Anyhow, recently we ran into two puppies. It was nice to see how playful they were. Okee didn't exactly play with them because she probably is well aware of her own size and age. While the tiny little puppy playfully jump towards her, she would dodge and let out a little warning growl sound. I have seen how she behave around annoying puppies before, she would only repeatedly give out warnings but that's it. Her warning sounds does absolutely nothing. If she took real action, I'll be in trouble but she is nice and patience. She might be saying "watch out."
The other puppy we saw just show off her speedyness and ran around in circles. She got bored by Okee's lack of action and wanted to move on after a while. The puppy was like "I have shown you what I can sort of do and you were not tempted to run with me at all. I'm going to find another dog who will. It was nice meeting you though."
