THE DIARY OF WAGGATAIL

TUESDAY 8 JAN 2013

FOUR SLEEPS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD WITH WAGGATAIL. LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT SHE DID NOT COME UP STAIRS AND TRY HER LUCK WITH SLEEPING WITH MUMMY  AND DADDY. SHE DID HAVE A BIT CRY, BUT AFTER HUB TOLD HER TO STOP, SHE DID. OH, WE HAD OUR FIRST SO CALLED TRAINING YESTERDAY. THE NICE GDI, (GUIDE DOG INSTRUCTOR) CAME OUT AND READ MY RIGHTS TO ME AND THE CAN’S AND CAN’TS OF OWNING A GUIDE DOG. I  HAVE ALWAYS SAID, IT IS LIKE ADOPTING A CHILD. SOME OF THE THINGS THEY TELL YOU ARE QUITE COMICAL, LIKE I CAN’T GO BEGGING WITH WAGGATAIL! “DAM, THAT IS THE HOLIDAY TO THE CARABBEAN OFF THE LIST THEN?

” I GUESS THOUGH, THEY HAVE HAD PEOPLE DOING SUCH A DISPICABLE ACT, SHE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE MANY REASONS THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE OLD RETIRED DOGS HARNESS, WAS BECAUSE ON  EBAY OF LATE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME HARNESS’S BEING SOLD AND THE PEOPLE BUYING HAVE BEEN FOUND OUT ON THE STREETS, SUPPOSING RAISING MONEY FOR GUIDE DOGS USING A NORMAL PET DOG, AND  OF COURSE, KEEPING THE MONEY.

I THINK THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR PAGES TO BE READ AND SAY YES OR NO TO.

IF YOU DON’T AGREE WITH WHAT THEY SAY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP THE DOG.

SO AGREE, OR BE A PRISONER.

I AGREED.

THEN SHE GAVE ME A LOVELY BRUSH AND COMB AND A CLOTH TO CLEAN LITTLE WAGGATAIL WITH. THEN ASKED ME TO DEMONSTRATE HOW I WOULD DO IT? I  DID AND PASSED.

YOU HAVE TO PUT THE COMB THROUGH ON AN ANGLE, FROM THE HEAD TO THE TAIL AND NOT THE FACE. YOU USE THE CLOTH TO WHIPE THE EYES BUT NOT USING THE SAME PART OF THE CLOTH FOR BOTH EYES, NOT TO SPREAD INFECTIONS. IT’S JUST LIKE HAVING A BABY AND COMMON SENSE.

AND USE THE BRUSH JUST TO GET THE FUR ALL OFF.

MY WAGGATAIL IS LIKE SILK. SO BEAUTIFUL.

MY INSTRUCTOR WONDERED IF SHE HAS GIVEN ME THE RIGHT DOG, AS  EVERYTHING I AM TELLING HER, SEAMS TO CONTRIDICT WHAT SHE KNEW OF THE DOG.

I GUESS IT’S POSSIBLE, THAT MAY  EXPLAIN, WHY SHE IS NOT ANSWERING TO HER BLOOMING NAME?

SHE IS NOT, REALLY, I CAN SAY HER NAME AND THEN SHOUT IT, AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. I THEN MAKE SOUNDS AND SHE COMES. SO LOTS OF CLICKING  AND TUTTING THIS WEEKEND. ALSO LOTS OF SAYING HER NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN.  I SOUND  AS THOUGH I HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY MAD, BUT PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME WILL JUST SAY “OH, THAT IS FIONA!”

LONG CHOPS, IS VERY JELLOUS WHERE AS MY LITTLE BLACK BEAUTY, WHO I WAS SURE WOULD BE THE ONE WITH THE GREEN  EYES, IS ACTING LIKE A MOTHER.

LITTLE WAGGATAIL TOMORROW, WILL DO HER FIRST WALK WITH ME TO OUR CHURCH. I WILL TRY TO GET MY GDI, TO DO MORE, OTHERWISE, WE WILL BE TRULY TRAINING FOREVER.

I HAVE NO PATIENTS.

I KNOW ONE THING WHEN HUB LEAVES TOMORROW FOR JAPAN, I WILL BE LIKE A SQUEEZED OUT DISHCLOTH WITH THESE THREE. FEEDING THREE DOGS, ONE OF THEM EATS TWICE A DAY, MAKING SURE THEIR DISHES ARE CLEAN. FOOD IS MEASURED FOR WAGGATAIL AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL HAD DRINKS OF WATER AS WAGGATAIL, WILL NOT DRINK UNLESS INSTRUCTED AND EVEN THEN, SHE IS NOT REALLY BOTHERED AND  FOR HER KIDNEYS, SHE MUST DRINK.

ALL THREE DOGS ARE A REAL HANDFUL BUT I WOULD NOT BE WITH OUT THEM.

WELL, THAT IS THIS WEEK, SEE WHAT NEXT WEEK BRINGS?

DEAN, OUR CANARY, IRISH, OF COURSE, IS NOT AT ALL BOTHERED AS HE IS SINGING FOR BRITAIN, WELL, FOR EUROPE ACTUALLY.

WAGGATAIL IS NOT SO SPOOKED NOW BY HIM.

I HAVE JUST PICKED THEIR THREE BEDS UP TRYING TO KEEP ALL OF THEM SEPARATE SO I KNOW WHO’S IS WHO’S.

I THINK I MAY BE BUYING SHARES IN AIRFRESHENERS SOON?

WITH LOVE AND LICKS FROM THE FURRY ONES.