Itâs not Dr. Doolittle who talks to the animals
Why...
Is there no kind of border, post code or demarcation point for where dogs can crap without the owner having to pick it up? At what point do you say to yourself when bending down wearing a cheap smelling pooh bag as a glove âWhat am I doing this for? Iâm nearly a time zone away from the nearest village.â I always clear up in town after my dogs have answered the call of nature (cats seem to get away scot free though). If I see people let their dogs foul a footpath or park, I march up to them and hand them my own dogs pooh in a bag saying, âI think you forgot this.â They usually are quite shocked, then embarrassed, yet accept the bag. A small victory but quite satisfying. The other day I took my two pugs out to the country. They are essentially town dogs, as metrosexual as David Beckham or P.Diddy. They think mud is what you put on your face whilst having a âmanny/peddyâ, the TV remote is for chewing not sharing and strenuous exercise is running in from the garden to eat their lunch in the kitchen. However I convinced them to go for a walk with my brother-in-lawâs labrador way out in the wilds last year. As soon as the big dog got into the forest, it answered the age-old question about what a bear does in the woods. The labrador had a sh*t. After a moment he casually carried on with his walk. My two pugs started barking and ran after the labrador, twitching their noses at him. They then shot me a look. âHey, buddy. Watch this. Each time we have a crap that idiot comes up with a bag and scoops it up.â The lab stopped, a foreleg lifted in mid-air. âYou gottaâ be kidding, â he said, raising his ears and giving me a furtive glance. My two pugs immediately squatted down and in perfect unison like a pair of synchronised swimmers did their business. I calmly walked by leaving their gift to nature in the grass, relieved at one advantage of being way out in the country. The look of shock on my dogs was palpable. âWhat the fâŠ? He always picks it up, â they pleaded looking at the lab who had been watching the non-show. âLying Townies, â replied the labrador and with a snort ran off. We may not talk to the animals but they sure talk to each other. And they try and talk to us.
