Scruff had a great time today at the Bar Mouth chasing sea birds. He just hates anything feathered.
On Sunday Scruff, Rosie and I drove Hannah to work in Nixt! and afterwards we went for a walk in the Ecos Park. There are several swans living there and as we neared them I thought that Scruff might start on them and there'd be fur, blood and feathers everywhere. I wouldn't fancy his chances with a big Daddy swan. But I needn't have worried about it for Scruff didn't 'see' the swans. He trotted past them with his eyes averted. Then a few yards down the path he started a powerful narration of barking. There he was dancing around a hawthorn tree like an eedjit and barking his head off at a wee thrush that was paying him no mind at all.
selective viewing i'd call that, my dog developed selective hearing, particularly when it came to showers...
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Dogs are very good at that. Danny went completely blind every time a rottweiler or pit bull came into view. In fact, I think he made himself invisible!
ReplyDeleteWe have nicknamed Scruff 'The Air Traffic Controller' because of his dislike of the feathered ones.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how he developed his hatred of birds. Was he swooped upon by evil seagulls when he was a little pup in Kerry?
ReplyDeleteI don't recall Scruff ever being swooped on by an evil seabird. Glad to hear he didn't get the swan going.
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