Friday 30 November 2012

A Staffie, His Balls And A Battle

You always reckon your dog is a genius. Brightest of the bunch. Sometimes they want to be boss too and that's when the battles start. Take today. Freezing, frosty morning, out on the fields with a whanger and three balls. Two to fill a Staffie gob and another to throw.

He likes to feel something squidgy between his teeth. Hey ho. So, round we go, him looking like a  cancer victim with two large tumours in his face and me humouring the daft beast. Till we get to the end. Two balls back in the bag, one to go. Made the mistake of asking for it.

He would have carried it all the way back, huffing heavily up the hill as it blocked his airway, but he would have made it. Foolishly though, I ask for it. So now I have to have it.
Otherwise he wins. Nobody wants a Staffie, however wonderful, to win with his teeth. So I grab the ball. There's space in there, he can, after all  easily accommodate two tennis balls, and I hold on. Did you get that?  I have my fingers between his jaws. And he's rumbling! But I can't let go.

We spend ten minutes in the frosty wood locked in combat. Until he finally sees reason, because I wasn't going to. He tugs a lot, gets nowhere, and finally loosens off. Victory was very sweet! He got a stack of praise for that. What a good dog! Until the next time.

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Boris Banging It For Britain

Boom Boom Boris ! The blond bombadier has dropped one on Paris while banging the drum for London. The lad just gets better and better!
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is touring India. When told that the French wanted rid of  a Mumbai company, Boris  boomed: "Venes a Londres!" He told Indian steel tycoon  Lakshmi Mittal. " Come to the business centre of the world where  73 Indian firms are listed  on the London Stock Exchange."
Hitting hard where it hurts, he called the French industry minister eccentric and claimed France was in the grip of left-wing loonies. All because the French thought  ArcelorMittal, the worlds's biggest steelmaker, wasn't respectful enough.
Boris knows respect is fine, but investment is better, particularly when recession is biting your backside. Good on you Boris, bang on as usual!