2 posts tagged “dogs”

The boss is out of town on business, so we are dogsitting the sweet an venerable Mocha for a couple days. I am happy to report that after some initial signs of being lonely (like going back to his office and taking a nap), Mocha seems to be having a pretty good time. Good thing. After all, she is the boss's dog.

We went for a nice walk around the creek behind our house. I gave her a good scratch, and I fed her dinner.
 Boss was in a hurry this morning when he gave me instructions on how much to feed her. "She gets one scoop." I forgot to ask what "1 scoop" meant. 1 scoop = 1 cup? And is that 1 scoop for the whole day or 1 for  breakfast and 1 for dinner? Anyway, I fed her 1 scoop for dinner, and I think it may have been too much because Mocha gave me a look of love as if I had given her the first fulfilling meal this year. Hmm. Maybe he meant 1 scoop a day.

In other news, I drove by the SuperLotto billboard this morning. 90 million dollar jackpot. We bought tickets. If we win, I'm going to retitle this post "Dogsitting for a friend."

One of the great things about living where we do is having front row seats for the fireworks at the Alameda County Fair, without even trying. We cross the streeet, and we have a good view. We don't get fireworks on the 4th because 2 years in a row there were "incidents" at the Fair. That's OK, it's kinda nice to get my fireworks early, and delivered to our doorstep. It's fantastic! Except that one year we sat down on the sidewalk, and after the first firework exploded, an animal came bolting across the street, right between us. We had to roll out of the way, like some kind of action movie, to keep from being run over by the crazy cat. I think it was this cat, who I have never really trusted, because I think his markings look like the Fürher's.

They set off one firework, probably as a test.

And then we met Dexter. He was terrified, and bolting down the street. We caught him, and called his owners. They lived just down the street.

And then the fireworks continued.

I'm no writer but it seems to me that it's quite difficult to combine the Fürer, Fireworks, a cat, and a dog into the same story. Props to you if you can come up with an equally strange story. Extra points if it's true.