The Three R's

"Hello Squirt is in a good mood today"
" That's nice Squirt what have you been up to"
"Nothing .............well not much!"
Alarm bells start to ring. When Squirt starts being cagey, it usually means that she is up to something. I decide to hide my panic and play it "Cool". I say nothing.
"What are you doing" She says
"I getting ready to go to school for the day"
"School?" Squirt looks at me with her Oh so innocent eyes "What is a school ?"
"It's were children and young people go to learn things, and be taught different subjects".
"Like what"
"The Three R's to start with"
"What are they"? Squirt asks.
"Reading Writing and Arithmetic" Squirt looks at me with an incredulous look on her face...............
"Why do they call them the three R's when only one begins with an R"
"Because the W in writing is a silent letter that mean you don't pronounce it when you say it"
"And Arithmetic?"
"Ummmm!" I cant answer that one as I don't know.............
"Squirt thinks that School sounds silly. And anyway if only children and young people go there.................Why are you going?"
Squirt ducks and runs from a flying slipper...................................."SQUIRT!"

Today is Thursday. And I have been busy helping her ladyship look after her pups......They are at home for something called half term break .......I don't know what that is, all I know is Squirt didn't break it.
Squirt gets blamed for Lot's of things and I'm not a bad dog really. Like the time his Nibs went and left the fridge door open and I went to see if I could help close it! It wasn't my fault that the Joint for dinner just happened to be on the shelf that was the same height as my mouth .......Or the time We all "helped" with her ladyships laundry We thought we would take it out into the garden and play with it...........

One very good thing about her ladyships pups being home is Squirt gets Lot's of treats and fusses Squirt likes that.........And Lots of walks we like the park nearby for that. When we have a dry day we go out for hours Pierrot goes exploring and I keep Jilla amused by giving her something to chase other than little dogs. Which tends to give the owners heart attacks. Well Squirt has to go now as there is a strange smell coming from the kitchen.........Off to investigate!

Invaders!

"Hello Squirt"
I open the kitchen door and stand back as all three girls hurl themselves at the kitchen door as I open it. Squirt bounds and all but jumps into my arms.....
"MORNING Ladyship"
Her tail wags at a hundred miles an hour. And I have a vision of a cartoon dog that wags it's tail so fast it's back legs take off making it look like a helicopter. You would think she had not seen me for a year. I open the back door and all three go out, followed by Purdy. The snow that we had last week, has turned into unrelenting rain. The garden looks like a quagmire. Squirt stands in a puddle and looks at the dog staring back up at her........
"Grrrrrrr!" The dog in the puddle growls back. Squirt rises to the challenge and barks the dog in the puddle does the same. Taken aback she runs from the puddle to the other side of the garden and checks all around to make sure the other dog has not followed her.
"Come on girls" All three come bounding up the stairs Squirt brings up the rear and she stands on the top step waiting.........
"Squirt are you coming in it's raining?"
"Squirt's on guard"
"Why?"
"From Invaders"
I look Puzzled........."Invaders?"
"That other dog invaded Squirts Garden"
"What other dog?" I check the garden but except for Squirt there is no one there.
"The dog that was copying Squirt"
"What dog Squirt?"
"The Dog in the water"
"Oh Squirt you are a silly dog"
"I know But you love me" Squirt looks at me and comes in. As she walks by the glass door to go into the hallway, she catches a glimpse of the other dog in the glass copying her again She looks and growls........Here we go again
"Squirt!"

SNOW!

" The world has gone White" Squirt pokes her nose out of the door and large Snowflakes descend. She steps onto the snow gingerly and stands there inspecting the White stuff on the ground........
"It's Snow Squirt"
"Can you eat it?"
"It will be cold" Squirt trots down the outside stairs, a little slower than her usual sonic speed as she can't tell how deep the snow is. But once down into the garden it's a different story She runs around like a being possessed. Bounding and leaping as though she has springs in her paws! She reminds me of Tigger out of the Pooh Bear Books by A.A Milne......Once Tigger Er I mean Squirt has calmed down Her sisters join her outside Pierrot looks, does what she has to do and comes in. Jilla on the other hand is standing there with a big grin on her face as she holds her head up towards the snowflakes as they land on her. Squirt is standing just underneath the tree, when a small clump of snow that has gathered on one of the branches becomes to heavy for the branch to hold.......It falls On Squirt who barks and is now trying to beat up the snow, she runs in wet and cold........ slides across the floor and with a crash comes to a stop as she collides with one of the kitchen units.......
"The white stuff is evil it's trying to take over the world and it tried to beat up Squirt"
She says this all at once without taking a breath.
"Come in and get warm Squirt"
All this before 6:30 am. And Jilla was still outside with a big grin on her face. Looking and enjoying the snowflakes.
"Come on Jilla" Jilla comes in and shakes the snow off
" Snow Pretty"
" I know....... Jilla pretty too"

Memory..........Uhmmmmm!

"Do you like my game."
"What Game Squirt?"
"The Memory Game I chose specially for all my Aunties. But especially for Auntie Karen Her Memory is not what it was........"
"Squirt dont be rude. Auntie Karen loves you"
"Yes and I love Auntie Karen but she is becoming very forgetful"
"Now where did I put that carrot!"

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Biscuits

"Brrr! It's cold here today. From the tip of my nose to the tip of my tail I'm cold" Squirt shivers and cuddles up to Pierrot in the hope that they can share body heat. Pierrot grumbles in her sleep but doesn't stir and the two dogs cuddle up together. Jilla being left out comes in the front with me to share a cuddle on the sofa also there is a slim chance that without her sister's being around that she may get a biscuit as I sip my cup of tea. She lies down beside me and puts her head on my lap. She is the oldest of the pup's and as Ridgeback's go" spot on" for the breed so to speak with a nice shaped head and no white anywhere. She is also out of sorts as she is halfway through her first season and keeping Durban away from her is a full time job in itself.
A nudge under my arm reminds me she is still there and
"Can I have a Biscuit Please" Jillas big Brown eye's look at me and to the biscuit tin I take out two one for Jilla and one for myself Jilla munches her Biscuit happily and checks for crumbs.......Squirt upon hearing the biscuit tin and untangled herself from Pierrot and has appeared as if by magic at the door of the front room.
"Ahem! Did I hear the Biccy tin" She trots in sniffing the air around her she looks like an advert for "BISTO GRAVY"
Squirt sits and looks at me and then the biscuit tin.....then back to me and to the tin again......She whines........
"Well".
"Well what Squirt?"
"Where's mine?"
"Don't you mean. Can I have a biscuit please!"
"Can I have a Biscuit Please!" For good measure she gives me her paw. "PLEASE!"
Just as Squirt finishes in trots Pierrot..............Here we go again.