Mr. Digby is an Old English Sheepdog who was born in New Zealand and dwells in Hawaii. He's the head of the home and so not very much gets done unless the Digger Boo is taking part. He is now four years old and has acquired many skills of his own education.
First chore of the day is to surrender the newspaper to Dad in the bed. The mommy usually drives him to the bottom of their Road to get the newspaper, then, when they come back and out of the auto, Digs takes the rolled up newspaper in his mouth and rushes up the stairs. Getting there depends upon if he gets distracted along the way. A pair of sport shoes is usually good as an distraction. He doesn't however chew or shred the paper being a buff of the written word. Well he must be as he has ne'er so much as chewed on a book or magazine. If it does not make it to the bedside, it will be someplace on the stairway waiting to be retrieved by whoever.
And so off to the kitchen to assist with taking out the garbage. He downs the waste bin and worries at the liner until it comes loose. This done, he then continues to drag it to the garage for transportation to the transfer station. The chance here is if he does catch the top of the plastic bag where in most of the refuse stays in the bag until it gets to the garage. The not so lucky help is if he gets the plastic liner anyplace else as this leads in a trail of refuse from the kitchen through three rooms to the garage. This is completely done at neck breaking speed as the tasks he accomplishes each day are many.
After a quick lap of water from his bowl, he is then off to the bedroom to help make the bed. This entails his version of fluffing the pillows by tossing them high in the air. Where they land is not important as he can leap all over them to make sure not one dust particle remains, sometimes feathers too. Then it is off to the laundry with Dad's underwear and socks. Sometimes they make it and sometimes not. There has to be a private stash somewhere in the house and to be honest we have found one under a sofa in the TV room and then another in his toy basket, but there is still a lot missing. Folding sheets is a particular skill as first a nest must be made by grabbing any section of sheet and racing in small circles until a nice tight wad has been achieved.
Whew, he is so busy. But wait, the Mom and Dad are having breakfast so it's off at a run for some scrambled egg, maybe. Just look cute with your head on one side and that's a winner. Oh well, time for a quick nap before he helps with a gardening project, but that's for next time. - 32401
First chore of the day is to surrender the newspaper to Dad in the bed. The mommy usually drives him to the bottom of their Road to get the newspaper, then, when they come back and out of the auto, Digs takes the rolled up newspaper in his mouth and rushes up the stairs. Getting there depends upon if he gets distracted along the way. A pair of sport shoes is usually good as an distraction. He doesn't however chew or shred the paper being a buff of the written word. Well he must be as he has ne'er so much as chewed on a book or magazine. If it does not make it to the bedside, it will be someplace on the stairway waiting to be retrieved by whoever.
And so off to the kitchen to assist with taking out the garbage. He downs the waste bin and worries at the liner until it comes loose. This done, he then continues to drag it to the garage for transportation to the transfer station. The chance here is if he does catch the top of the plastic bag where in most of the refuse stays in the bag until it gets to the garage. The not so lucky help is if he gets the plastic liner anyplace else as this leads in a trail of refuse from the kitchen through three rooms to the garage. This is completely done at neck breaking speed as the tasks he accomplishes each day are many.
After a quick lap of water from his bowl, he is then off to the bedroom to help make the bed. This entails his version of fluffing the pillows by tossing them high in the air. Where they land is not important as he can leap all over them to make sure not one dust particle remains, sometimes feathers too. Then it is off to the laundry with Dad's underwear and socks. Sometimes they make it and sometimes not. There has to be a private stash somewhere in the house and to be honest we have found one under a sofa in the TV room and then another in his toy basket, but there is still a lot missing. Folding sheets is a particular skill as first a nest must be made by grabbing any section of sheet and racing in small circles until a nice tight wad has been achieved.
Whew, he is so busy. But wait, the Mom and Dad are having breakfast so it's off at a run for some scrambled egg, maybe. Just look cute with your head on one side and that's a winner. Oh well, time for a quick nap before he helps with a gardening project, but that's for next time. - 32401
About the Author:
If you are a dog buff, and really, who wouldn't be, you'll also have stories of your especial pet probably just like these. But these stories are about Mr. Digby and I hope you'll enjoy them. Mr. Digby was born in Tawa, a small town just out of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand. enter Mr Digby Mr. Digby was born in New Zealand. He is a charming character.
