I SAW an American Akita, really cute, who looks like he's got shades on, such is his face pattern. He walks down the road two streets away. The owner caught me staring. "But his tail isn't curly!" I remarked.
"Ooh aye!" she replied. I think she comes from Yorkshire.Talking of Porkshire terrorizers ~ there's a Japanese girl on my street who walks one that looks just like Baby Itchy Roborovski when fur-bashed, soaking wet and compulsorily groomed by Bashful and Spherical. Very sweet.
And talking of Japanese, I'm doing really well with it. Studying every day. I know 200 kanji now and have a vocabulary of about 600 words. I'm aiming at 7000-word fluency within the next two years...
I'm still in a quandry about dogs. There's no room at my place for an Akita, much as I'd love one ~ and I really love them. (Who would ever guess~~!!?!) I found a mop terrier called Scruffy at a North London animal shelter, but I he is reserved and I think I would have to get a puppy anyhow, to train it to do tricks, including smuggling itself in a bag into supermarkets etc (and when my landlord comes round and I mysteriously have to leave every time). We're not really meant to keep pets, though I didn't sign anything. The guy downstairs has a staffordshire bull terrier, but he has access to the back garden... well I'm still working on it...... and I have to go, I'm about to be timed out as per usual. Hope y'all are having a CHEERY WEEKEND!!
Back tomorrow...
Where do you find all these varieties? There must be lots of 'posh' dogs in London. We just have the normal ones down here.
ReplyDeleteSimi says hello to her cousin in the pic! Do get a dog, Gleds. Best idea you've had in ages! I'm impressed by the Japanese project. Love from Sicily. xx woof! from Simi
ReplyDeleteAren't terriers a bit yappy? Could be a problem if you're not allowed to keep a dog. You have a good weekend too!
ReplyDeleteLiz: O yeah lots of people are into "breeds" down here, not so much because they're posh but because the Staffie ruled for about ten years. Rottweilers, which are of course bigger, but quieter, are now more in fash. Quiet a few Akitas get walked down my way. I think most are American Akitas, which are bigger and fluffier than the Japanese variety, and tend to have beautiful "mask"-style face markings... I really do want a dog but am in terror of the landlord finding out and trying to evict the dog or me or both... so I need the doggie to be 1. tiny and 2. extraordinarily well behaved and 3. wanted to teach her tricks anyhow ~ wouldn't it be cool to have my pet porkie on TV!!!!
ReplyDeleteWelshcakes: so is Simi a Porshire cross? I know I asked the question ages ago and probably more than once, but never remembererd the answer of what breed she is. She is extraordinarily beautiful that's for sure...
Baino: Yappy? I know. That's why I never used to like little dogs at all. I want a little one now for practicality as much as anything, and I'm dead serious about (trying at least) to train the little swine to jump in a bag and ride around quietly ~ to avoid having to tie her up at supermarkets. I would be terrified of dogknappers!
I noticed that dogs who do tricks are always obedient and well behaved, so am researching now how to do this training as I want a very well behaved quiet doggie... a porkshire terrorizer or something like that... (ie a hamster on a string...)
A terrier sounds like a great type for you.
ReplyDeleteI hope I will be able to get and keep one... I really hope so. The swine will have to be trained to keep very quiet and let herself be smuggled outside in a bag whenever Evil Landlords come round!!
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