As my pack gets older the dynamics of the pack
are changing, personalities have even taken a hit. The constant revolving door
of dogs that come through here keep them in constant state of evolution. I have
even seen the fosters change. Now that the big dogs have come into the small
dog world it has been a never ending cranky, bitchy, grouchy, snarling
and snapping bunch I have ever been around. Now there is no damage to the
pack just my sanity has been sent down the toilet. The big dogs love to play,
but they don’t understand that the little ones are not always up to the kind of
play they do. Gideon is always ready for a hell of good romp and the more
the merrier for him. So he and the two big dogs are always romping, thundering
through the house and as they go they piss off someone that now is trying to
chase them off but it leads to, Hey you want to play too. Now there is a pack of
dogs running through the house some are mad some are playing and some are
chasing the others away. One dog does not like movement so as long as no one or
nothing is moving he is happy but let someone leave their seat and he starts
barking, Gideon and the big dogs are just noisy with their mouths open and
making all the vocal sounds they can come up with. Now Chiquita is just an
older pissy dog. I feel like I can relate to that, she just bitches at
everyone. She does not bite she just growls: she sounds like she is gargling
with her head in a bowl of water and making bubbles at the same time she is
growling. Hell she even chokes herself when she does it. Just coming into the
same room she is in or getting too close will get her started. Gertrude is that
and a bag a chips. She struts herself around and no one tells her what to do.
She is bossy and proud of it. One of the fosters is a frustrated fun size dog.
He is all of maybe 7 lbs and his little mouth can’t bite nothing and the big
dogs are too tall for him to grab a tail or ears. So he just shows his itty
bitty teeth and snaps at the big dog and they pay him no attention at all. It’s
if he does not exist at all. I think this frustrates him even more. Now the one
that kills me is the foster that has two teeth. Now he cannot keep his tongue
in his mouth so for him to bare his gums and growl his tongue falls out at the
same time. I have no idea what he thinks he is going to do with the tongue and
gums but he gets no respect either.
It takes a little time to get everyone settled
down in the evening and that is not the problem its keeping them settled down.
Between three kids and 9 dogs all trying to get a spot on the couch it is damn
near impossible to keep them settled. Move a leg, wag a tail and the whole
settle down thing goes out the window. The diehard dogs will not move a muscle
or give up their spot on the couch. They glue themselves to their spot
and the other dogs just sit on them when they are trying to re plant
themselves. Then the bitching starts. The younger dogs don’t care it’s
just something fun to do. The older dogs just don’t want no part of this
constant reshuffling every few minutes. Once the big dogs get down the little
one try to stand their ground and keep them off. All this does is make me
crazy. The big dogs just stand there and look at the snapping frustrated little
dog and the tongue and gums dog as if to say “ Are you kidding me what do you
think you can do.” Then they just crawl up and sit on them. It is a none stop
bitch session. I just want a noise switch to turn it off. Then they can bitch
and I can have peace and quiet. That
being said I am sure my kids want one when I get bitchy.
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