Showing Him the Ropes
Being an aunt is tough work. I have the great responsibility of showing Baxter the way an urban mutt lives. We actually have a lot of rules in the Big Apple. And I think some of these he's having a hard time figuring out.
Rule 1:
There is no crying in the apartment
Rule 2:
There is no crying in the apartment
Rule 3:
There is NO crying in the apartment
Today he broke rules 1 through 3, and added the ultimate sin on top.
HE BARKED
It was a horror scene. He was wondering where everyone was and called out to me.
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
I said "Quiet! Quiet!"
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
All of this back and forth had the other dogs on the floor quiet worried. They didn't know what the trouble was and why Baxter was creating such a fuss.
So they joined in.
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"Trouble!"
"Trouble!"
Which in turn got the dogs on floors one and three to chime in...
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"Trouble!"
"Trouble!"
"Helllllllooooooooooooo! Helllllllooooooooooooo!"
"Danger! Da, da, da, danger!"
Until finally all six floors' dogs were alerted to the fact that Baxter was wondering what I was up to.
"Brisztow!"
"Brrrrrisztow"
"Quiet! Quiet!"
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"Trouble!"
"Trouble!"
"Helllllllooooooooooooo! Helllllllooooooooooooo!"
"Danger! Da, da, da, danger!"
"POLICE! Somebody call the POLICE!"
"Oratleastaboarddirectortogetthemtobequiet!"
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Mom said that was the point at which she was called to come home. From work. In the middle of her morning.The doorman said in all of his 19 years with the building he never heard such a cacophony.
She wasn't happy.
But she learned to keep the TV on.
4 comments:
OOPS! Mom & Dad always give me a kong with peanut butter just before they leave and they also turn the radio on for me.
Hope this Baxter character gets settled down in a hurry!
is Baxter for keeps? or is he on holiday like little Darcy is in London right now?
Once again our mum is giggling like a banshee. But only because Baxter is not HER problem!(a while ago we had a rescue boy here for two weeks and he barked non stop!And chewed and climbed and stole. Would not crate. And hardly slept. Mum was demented and bordering on murderous. And then wept the hugest buckets when he left)Oh Mz Brisztow hats off to your mom -ginger ones!XXX
My dear Brizstow --
Your post induced laryngeal spasms in my Tech Person, who made a series of strange noises while reading it and seemed to be having trouble breathing. I administered CPR and all is well.
'Cacophony' is an excellent word, but only in theory.
Yrs. truly,
B3
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