I just emailed a woman about a dog.
Poor Noodle is getting older and one day he won't be with us ... so I've been thinking for a while that we get another poodle to cover the time when he dies.
We'll all be devastated when that happens and, of course you can't replace a dog, but possibly if we had another one, our sadness may not be so acute.
A standard poodle may also be the solution to our bush turkey dilemma.
Take that, wretched birds!
Take that, wretched birds!
Make sure your new dog acts like the one in the photos. Would Noodle get his noggin out of joint if a newbie nested with him?
ReplyDeletep.s. I was checking my blog stats. Did you realize we know where every single person comes from when they read our blogs!?
Saw your title and had a bit of a moment there when I thought that was Noodle out the back doing some dirty-dog work for you.... like a cat bringing in a mouse for your approval! Can you imagine ? Perhaps some robust barking and frenzied running in a hunterly fashion would suffice!
ReplyDeleteDeb,
ReplyDeleteNoodle would be okay ... we have another poodle visit every-so-often and Noodle puts up with him. He's very stoic.
AA,
just some backyard, prancy-bouncy-dog action would be enough to scare them away. I don't want any bloodied, bird carcasses at the backdoor. I can hardly touch supermarket chicken breast without gagging.
Yours in letting butchers do that sort of thing,
Puppies are very boisterous and high maintenance, particularly for older dogs. I think it would be unfair on Noodle in the late stages of his life, particularly when he is almost blind, to be lept on and bitten by a puppy. He should be able to relax in the last years of his life.
ReplyDeleteYes it will be hard, but I don't think softening the blow for you, at the expense of Noodle's peace is worth it.
Ct,
ReplyDeleteNoodle is beimg leaped on by a 4-yr-old and a one-yr-old, like you wouldn't believe. A puppy would effectively leave him alone.
I'm sorry to say, after 5 children leaping on one another, pecking-order-wise, that a chocolate standard poodle puppy , named ch(?k)oodle, is just what the hacienda needs right now.
ReplyDeletelet's face it - Noodle would think it's either Paddy or Child#4, and not care either way.
NOW, is the time for (?)Toodle.