My Dogs don't love rain!

It's been so rainy today, none of the dogs want to go outside. I don't either - rain and cold don't make a lovely spring day.

I'll have to let them out, or kick them out, at some stage though. The young pharaoh hounds, brother and sister Lah Dee and Missy are asleep on the dog sofa, their mother is asleep in her crate in the other end of the house and schnauzer Nena is asleep in her crate. It's very peaceful.

Having the dogs separated like this is now the way it has to be. The four of them had a battle for supremacy last Sunday and blood was shed. I hate dog fights and I'm glad it ended with only bad injuries, not terrible injuries. 

Missy was the loser for the day - much bleeding from one leg and a trip to the vet on Monday and another trip Thursday. I wish we could go back to having the dogs all loose in the house, but I'm not going to risk it when I'm the only human in the house.

It was sweet when all four dogs would sleep on the sofa together. It's sure not sweet when and all in brawl erupts with teeth and snarls all around.

Oh well, at least dogs like to sleep for many hours every day - it makes for a quiet day with them sleeping and not getting nasty with each other.Owning a pack of dogs can lead to interesting times, but I'll be happy if times stay quiet and boring. It's easier and it's cheaper!

What has that !*%$!! Dog Done Now?!

Oh where do I start? Hmm. Ananka has become Queen Nasty Bitch, after briefly being Queen Nice, when she decided it was OK for Nena, our schnauzer girl to be loose inside the house without having to say nasty things or trying to kill her. I guess we knew it was too good to be true, that we could live in peace and harmony with four dogs loose inside.

No, they didn't fight, but Ananka did something worse than that - she bit someone on the ankle. I guess she thought she was doing a good job protecting our property, but even so, it's not on. She has lost the right to be loose when visitors are present. The other two pharaoh hounds, La De and Missy are still behaving though, so that's good.

But once things were sorted out, the two pharaoh girls both come in season, so La De has to pee on everything outside, many times a day. He hasn't gone off his food yet, but I know that is going to happen when the girls are at about ovulating stage. Males are so predictable! There's always something going on with the dogs to make life a little bit more complicated!

What else? Oh yeah, Ananka discovered a way of getting out of the back run and into the pool area. The pool area has a slight (pharaoh hound sized) hole in the fence. So we can't leave Missy or Ananka loose in the dog run anymore. I've looked at the fence and I can't see where she would have got through, I just know that she did get through!

When the pharaoh girls are left down the dog run now, they'll have to be kennelled. Oh well, at least we have the kennels. And it's too hot at the moment anyway, so they get locked up inside, with the cooler going. Luxury!

That's enough of my ranting, I just needed to get it all off my chest. I love having dogs, but sometimes ...