The Matriarch of our family is Herself. She is the one who usually plays with me after my morning walk. She is alright I suppose. Not particularly fast on her feet. Her favorite game is “Don’t eat my garden!” She loves it. She always does a fine job at bushing my coat and is great at reminding Joanna of her duties.
Himself is hard to explain. Most of the time he retreats to his shed in the garden. I do enjoy our frequent excursions to and from the shed, especially when he brings food. Sadly he never shares it with me. He has the worst taste in games, if I do say so myself. I spend hours making nice wholes to store my toys and bones, and he comes along and fills them in! All that hard work gone to waste. And then when I have managed to salvage some of my fine work, he fills them up again. He just dose not appreciate my fine gardening skills.
Joanna is the one I spend the most time with. She is the one who feeds me every morning- except for when Himself or Herself do it. She takes me for all my walks and knows the best games. I love playing with Joanna, especially when she chases me around the garden or throws a ball for me. She is very forgetful though, and I frequently have to remind her of her duties. She is prone to disappearing, especially to do this thing she calls work. Last week I had to go and find her. You would not believe where I found her. On the sofa, sitting on the sofa with her laptop. Well I had thing or two to say believe me.
My favorite family member is Rosie. She is always up for a game of chase, the only problem is I am never sure whether she is chasing me or I am supposed to be chasing her. Regardless, I always look forward to her visits. Her parents, John and Pearl are also very charming. John is the best when it comes to playing fetch. He also likes to do something called a race. It is a bit like chase except he runs ahead of me, then cheers when he passes a particular tree. It is a very strange game. This used to be followed by something called “Round two”. The same game except he would be behind me. He didn’t seem to enjoy it as much. Pearl is lovely, except for the fact she prefers cats. I am still working on that one.
Then there is Luke and Cathryn. I do not think much of Cathryn. She never pays me any attention. Not like Luke who is always on for a game of fetch provided I do not eat any of the figs which are often scattered all over their lawn. Most untidy!
Now if you will excuse me, it is time for my nap before Herself kicks me out again.
