As you can see from the picture below, he's becoming a very handsome young dog. He's still rather wilful at times - call it puberty! (you should have seen us trying to get him to sit still for this portrait in a Pet Shop!)
Boris's disgruntled reaction to our new 'pup'
Boris and The Pig's Ear
Of my two dogs, Tanja and Boris, I would have said that Tanja would be the
clever one and Boris the big old dimwit. Well, apparently not!
Here's the tale. Little miss Tanja, being the princess that she is, has claimed the spot next to me on the couch as her own.
Boris knows this.
Tanja was tucking in to a yummy pigs ear that Boris wanted. What did he do?
No confrontations, no fights over it. He came over to me, climbed up on the couch next to me and lay down.
Tanja immediately comes over, leaving the pigs ear in her basket, to stare indignantly at Boris in HER spot.
(She believes that she can levitate anything just by staring at it).
Boris jumps off the couch, Tanja jumps on, Boris gets the pigs ear!!
Now who's the smart one here? (and she falls for it EVERY time!)
Boris and The Flexi
Boris's latest trick is carrying his own lead. This is an enhancement to the
fetching of the lead trick that he does when he wants a walk. I take him out on
a 6 metre Giant Flexi so that he can still have a run if I don't want to let him
off-lead. Lately, just as we set off he takes the whole plastic flexi in his mouth by
the handle and trots along beside me proud as Punch! It's as if he's saying
"look I don't need you to hold my lead, I can do it myself!" Needless to say, I keep a
cautious hand on the tail of his buckle collar just in case!
Boris and The Horse Manure
We all know that dogs love to eat horse manure, don't we. Boris is no
exception! A horse had been tripping along our street, leaving its usual
parcels. As he is wont to do, Boris sneaked out of the front door and went
prancing down the street, inviting us to come and chase him, or at least offer
him copious amounts of cheese to make it worth his while to come back inside.
Then he spotted the droppings.... Wow! he was in seventh heaven. I have never
seen a dog stuff so much into their mouths in one go as he did that afternon.
His mouth was so full, he was spraying it out the side in his excitement! Gross?
Well, you and I may think so, but Boris certainly doesn't!
Boris and The Large Puddle
Do Berners like to swim? Boris has never been swimming, but he adores paddling!
Any puddle, large or small has to be visited and stood in. Of course, the
muddier the better! Boris's favourite puddle is in the Heuvepark in Beuningen.
When it's been raining, or wet for a long time then he's in his element. I've
never seen a dog frolic like Boris does, perhaps it's a Berner thing. He leaps
in and out of that puddle like a spring lamb! I must add, the puddle in question
is belly-deep. You can imagine what kind of state he's in afterwards!
Snoring
Need I say more? 8 on the Richter scale at least!
That Tongue!
Do all Berners have tongues like chameleons? Boris can reach a butter dish in
the middle of the dining table with one swift flick of the tongue. "Mum, he just
licked my plate!". Boris - "Who me? I'm just sitting here quietly minding my own
business. I never moved! Did you see me move?"
Berner Bumps
Is there a visitor to our house that hasn't been goosed from behind by Boris?
| 7] Alfo fan de Mounehoarne | |||||
| HD 0/0 | |||||
| 3] Sir Sirius from the Barking Bunch | |||||
| HD TC | 8] Jonkvrouwe van het Emliwehof | ||||
| Father | HD - | ||||
| 1] Samos | |||||
| N.H.S.B. 1962862 | 9] Maistro van het Bressershof | ||||
| HD-A | |||||
| 4] Sanna v. Maranja's Home | |||||
| 10] Glenda Beakey v.h. Böhmerfarm | |||||
| 11] Carlo V. Saspicher | |||||
| INT CH, HD TC | |||||
| 5] Boris | |||||
| HD - | 12] Terra v.d. Bennora | ||||
| Mother | HD +- | ||||
| 2] Bobo | |||||
| N.H.S.B. 1997511 | 13] Rens | ||||
| HD - | |||||
| 6] Faica v. Eggelbolts Stam | |||||
| 14] Nora Thirza v.d. Gejéka | |||||
| HD TC | |||||
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