I’m a creature of habit, I have my routine,
I know where she’s going, I know where she’s been,
I don’t like her going out late, or at all,
I’d rather she stayed home with me to play ball.
*
This morning she did things before she went out
With stuff in the bathroom, that left me in doubt
As to whether she thought I’d be easy to fool…
But sometimes a break in routine can be cool.
*
She brought home my boy, ‘cause his bathroom is broke
And for two-legses having no bathroom’s no joke.
So, he came to use hers (I will not call it mine)
And to have him around for a while was just fine.
I let him play ball for a bit and share treats
(While she tried to con me… tried trimming my feets!)
I de-stuffed my pillow (that’s two that I’ve killed)
While he went and soaked in the bath she had filled.
*
But when he came out, he just smelled like a flower,
I thought I should exercise real doggy power,
So cuddled up close, did the whole ‘puppy eyes’,
Then, as he’s my pup, took him right by surprise…
No two-legs of mine needs to smell like a rose,
(And especially not when he’s under my nose)
So I washed him again and I got him real good
Till he smelled, to my taste, how my two-legses should.
*
I had just washed his face and I’d groomed him real well,
The ungrateful two-legs just said, “Mum, I smell,
‘Cause the Small Dog has licked me,” and I saw him glower,
“I think I should probably get in the shower.”
The Small Dog 
See what you started, Sue! First she got you, now your son. Next time, put a Halloween mask on him and see what Ani does. Might help her kick the face-licking habit once and for all (and never speak to either of you again)!
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She has seen me wearing some strange robes and masks over the years… she just cocks her head as if to highlight human lunacy 😉
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I love the way my dog things he needs to lick the shower off me.
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Ani tends to go for my feet… water does not clean them to her standards apparently.
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Your work never ends, Sue! 😉 But those puppy eyes… who could resist them?
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And she uses them shamelessly 😉
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Of course!
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😀
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Oh, Ani. Those eyes 🥰
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A face to melt the coldest of hearts. Amazing how that face changes when food is about to be dished out 😊
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PS The poetry is also very enjoyable and not only the cute doggy face😊
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Ungrateful Mut , Ani you did your best for him and he moaned! ….. That’s two legs for you just plain odd! Got to love them though 💜💜💜 love Ruby 💜💜💜
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No pleasing humans, is there? Help him smell right, and you get insults instead of thanks. Humans! Lots of licks, Lilie
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Yep…typical 😉
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Oh bless you Ani!
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😀
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Ani, you are the best doggie poet I know.
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Whoo hoo 😀
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Humans, eh?
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Yep 😉
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Ha! No smelling like a flower when Ani’s around. I seem to recall another recent incident of a dog saliva bath. Lol.
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Yes…she got me on that one;)
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Ani you are very generous, and the poem is wonderful. By the way: When are you ordering own puppies? 🙂 Have a beautiful week. Michael
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She says I am too old for puppoes so I have to share hers 😉
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😉 Thats a good work too, but you could adopt one? 😉
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We’re not allowed any more dogs here, or else she would have a pack of them 😦
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Oh, this sounds a little bit sad. Cant you force the neighbours to do so. Then you could visit and play with em. 😉
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Sadly, no.
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;-(
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Lol Ani, you’re such a little minx! ❤
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Heh ❤
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Oh Ani! Your instincts are good, but there is a clash of cultures going on when it comes to smells. I wonder if you and She could compromise and use soap that smells of…hmm…something edible instead? Not meat or bones though…
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She says honey should be good enough smelling 😉
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There you go, a compromise made in heaven. 😀
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🙂
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