Friday, September 22, 2017

Bless her little heart

Miss Memphis Belle, after years of sitting patiently on the doorstep waiting for me to open the door and inquire as to her desire to come in, has suddenly learned to scratch on the door when she wants in. (Murphy has still not figured this out, BTW..)

The problem is that she does not gently skritch at the door like a normal dog would. Oh no. She claws into that door like Freddie Krueger holding an ice pick, and her first few tentative "May I come in, please?" scratches have taken the paint off the door right down to bare metal.

This girl. Right here.
This is 50% of why I can't have nice things.

17 comments:

  1. This is 50% of why I can't have nice things.

    Yeah, been there.

    ;-)

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  2. Wow, I must have missed that gem. Proof again that there is no such thing as a free dog.

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  3. Hey Murphy;

    I thought it was only Murphy that was the destruction machine, not Belle. On a different note, I heard some rumblings in your neck of the woods that the witch-hunt on statues are continuing...Something about people that had nothing to do with slavery but they are targeted anyway.

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    1. Naw, they both do it. He's just more open about it. And yeah, now we have the faux radical heroes who want to be included so bad that they are going after pretty much every statue, including Joan of Arc.

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  4. If you did your job right there would be no need for this. When they go out you just go out with a umbrella or parasol (no this is not for you).

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  5. That's so cute...

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  6. Heh. Pets = no nice things. Occasionally I have a "what if" moment and I can buy new furniture and stuff. But then there's nobody winding around my legs, purring and snuggling, and I think "Never mind."

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  7. Yep, at least it's a steel door, not a wooden one...

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  8. Pets are nice things.

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  9. She sure is a pretty thing. My dogs are all mixed breed, but my daughter has a Czech shepherd. She doesn't call her that though, can't remember the terminology.

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  10. Yeah, I was gonna say what Simon said, your dogs are nice things. They love you no matter what - even more than your wife or girlfriend. (If you don't believe me, just lock your dog and your wife/girlfriend in the trunk of the car for 15 to 20 minutes. When you open the lid, observe which one is happy to see you.)

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  11. Attach metal or wood scratch plate to door, replace as needed!

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  12. Try a 150 pound Wolfhound banging on the door. I worry the storm door will come off the hinges. 2 of my three will "knock". It is gentle to go out. It is not so gentle to get back in.

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  13. Sis-in-law trained her dogs to ring a bell when they want in or out. They are little brass bells that hang on a ring that slips over the door knob. Of course, Murphy would probably eat them.

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  14. The Belle has finally tired of sitting there patiently waiting for you to get with the program. Perhaps if you had been more attentive to her, she would not have even thought about scratching the door. So, this is your fault. Way to go, Belle!

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