Little furry friends

Well yes that is true.  She is a very gentle sweet natured dog. But  she is a bit eccentric.  Why?  I don’t really know.  No-one else is eccentric in my house.  Don’t laugh.  It’s true.  Well maybe that isn’t quite true, but back to Lily. She has had some adventures in her life.  She was in the house when we got burgled, when she was just a young dog and she was very frightened. And after that she was very shy. It happened again in our old house and again in our new house.  Poor Lily.  She has never got used to burglars. They never hurt her and they were only interested in taking things that they could sell quickly and easily. When she was young I used to bring her to school and she was alright.  She enjoyed herself but as she grew older she became a very stay at home sort of dog.  She likes nothing better than lying on the sofa watching tv with the occasional snack every now and then. When she was younger she was a great mousing dog.  If any mice came into the house she would catch them eventually.  She was so patient and would sit beside the cupboard for ages waiting for the mouse to come out. As she has become older, she catches them less and less.  But that doesn’t mean she will tolerate them in the house.  If one comes in she will stalk it and always finds its hiding places.   She will lie for hours with her nose under the chest of drawers, every now and then she will bark.  Help me get this mouse, she barks.  She will wait there all night if she has to.  And sometimes it can be a little aggravating is she keeps on barking through the night.    If you ask her to be quiet she will sort of wail instead, which doesn’t really help the would be sleeper.  I have chosen this picture of her with Zelda on the couch.  They look rather sweet together don’t they.  Lily is the boss dog and if Zelda over steps the mark or becomes too bossy, Lily will growl at her and poke her hard with her nose.  Dachshund’s noses  are very pointy.  And it works.  Zelda looks very apologetic and tries to lick Lily’s nose.  If she tries too hard Lily will growl again and Zelda looks very embarrassed. They are dear little dogs and keep each other company while I am away at work. I’m not sure why that photo is in the middle of the writing like that.  It just seemed to happen so I think I will leave it like that.