My love for dogs is not hidden from anybody. Love is an understatement. I am crazy for them and my craziness goes beyond all logical explanations. Guess that’s what ‘being crazy’ means. Since I love them so much, I feel I understand them also very well. Understand their feelings, their emotions and hence what they are trying to convey inspite of God depriving them of speech. I can also talk to them nonstop for hours. With them, I don’t mind this one sided communication even, which I often complain with my miyan.
However, there’s one thing I still don’t understand about these furry kids. Though I have read about it and there are some very valid scientific explanations to it but I still feel, there’s more to it.
I am talking about their desire to go straight for the genitals of anybody they meet for the first time. Going straight means, going sniffing. Whether a man or a woman (although they do it more with a man I guess).
Whenever I have guests, my dog runs to them. Some get scared. Some don’t. Some understand. Some simply don’t. Then my dog takes his position. He sits. He makes sure, they don’t sit. He looks at them one by one. He starts evaluating. He goes sniffing their genitals. And he does it hard. From the front. From the back. While the humans simply stand and wait for the trauma and embarrassment to get over. The dog then makes some opinions (we don’t know what). Looks at us (As if we have released him as our CIA agent). Looks at our guests again. Then, If he likes them, he wags his tail. If he doesn’t, he starts barking which is when we all get nervous, especially our guests.
Needless to say, it’s very embarrassing for us too. All we do is…”mumble no no baby! Come here! We will give you chew-sticks!” But baby refuses to come. Who is interested in chew sticks when there’s more interesting stuff around.
This reminds me of a hilarious episode, I was a witness to during one of our visits to Galleria market.
Galleria market is our favourite. It is a very happening place especially during the evening hours. We love it. We love it more because it allows pets. We often walk down to it. Sit around for some time. Grab a bite (there are so many eating options), watch the people, watch the dogs (yes we watch only because there’s hardly anything to talk. Miyan being the quiet types and more observing types you see. Sometimes, I feel I should have married a walky talky instead. And we come back.
So here we are quietly enjoying our chicken roll and we see this beautiful newly married couple come and stand right next to our bench. The girl is very beautiful. “Bhagwan ka karishma” kinds. What if her name is Karishma too? Anyways. The boys personality compliments her perfectly. They look very nice together. They too are enjoying a chicken roll. The girl takes a bite. Then the boy takes a bite from the same roll while the two exchange those typical newly married “tu tu hae wohi” waale looks. They are smiling while all we both do is just watch them. We also eat rolls but we eat two separate rolls. Uska jyada chutney waala. Mera no chutney waala. God knows what happens to romancing while sharing after marriage.
Suddenly somebody’s golden retriever, who probably, has been let loose, comes running to the couple. He looks very excited and happy. Probably he too is enamoured by their looks. He is panting. He is drooling. He sits. The couple too is excited to see him. The girl goes,” awwwww! How sweet!”
Their excitement though, doesn’t last for long because the dog then decides to do what should NOT be done in public. He decides to go for the place where “No man has gone before” but probably many dogs already have. He sniffs the poor girl there. The girl pulls herself back gracefully, “No no! Good doggie! Aese nahi karte” The good doggie spares her. The girl smiles.
The good doggie however has more to do. The boy is yet to be evaluated. Meanwhile his parent is there and is all apologetic. The embarrassed parent tries to pull his good doggie away but good doggie refuses. His work is not over yet. As if it is his beholden duty to do what he is born to do. He sniffs the boy from the front and boy! he does it hard. The boy is embarrassed. He immediately turns around. The dog has to do what he has to do. He then sniffs him from the back. Again hard. The boy turns again. The dog again does what he has to do. The boy again turns. The dog sniffs again. The boy is super nervous.
“No no good doggie” the girl says.
“Bosco! No no bosco! Come back! Come let’s go home!” The pet parent screams.
However, Bosco aka the good doggie refuses to budge annnnd starts barking. He barks and barks loudly. Which is when, the poor boy gets so scared that he runs for his life and takes shelter in the Keventer’s shop. He stays there for some time. The dog meanwhile leaves hesitantly. His parent is seen trying to pull him away with all his might. The girl laughs. The audience laughs.
The girl then walks up to her poor guy. Buys him a cold coffee. He probably needs to be cooled down after what happened to him “beech bazaar mein”. The couple looks at each other. They laugh nervously. They try hard not to make their embarrassment obvious and they leave.
And I tell myself, “shouldn’t it be the poor dog who deserves a cold coffee? probably what he observed about the guy, the girl may have missed before saying “yes” to the guy.
Afterall, you should never ignore an animal’s instincts. Isn’t it?
You see, “Har dog sniff kar ke kuch kehta hae!”
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My love for dogs is not hidden from anybody. Love is an understatement. I am crazy for them and my craziness goes beyond all logical explanations. Guess that’s what ‘being crazy’ means. Since I love them so much, I feel I understand them also very well. Understand their feelings, their emotions and hence what they are trying to convey inspite of God depriving them of speech. I can also talk to them nonstop for hours. With them, I don’t mind this one sided communication even, which I often complain with my miyan.
However, there’s one thing I still don’t understand about these furry kids. Though I have read about it and there are some very valid scientific explanations to it but I still feel, there’s more to it.
I am talking about their desire to go straight for the genitals of anybody they meet for the first time. Going straight means, going sniffing. Whether a man or a woman (although they do it more with a man I guess).
Whenever I have guests, my dog runs to them. Some get scared. Some don’t. Some understand. Some simply don’t. Then my dog takes his position. He sits. He makes sure, they don’t sit. He looks at them one by one. He starts evaluating. He goes sniffing their genitals. And he does it hard. From the front. From the back. While the humans simply stand and wait for the trauma and embarrassment to get over. The dog then makes some opinions (we don’t know what). Looks at us (As if we have released him as our CIA agent). Looks at our guests again. Then, If he likes them, he wags his tail. If he doesn’t, he starts barking which is when we all get nervous, especially our guests.
Needless to say, it’s very embarrassing for us too. All we do is…”mumble no no baby! Come here! We will give you chew-sticks!” But baby refuses to come. Who is interested in chew sticks when there’s more interesting stuff around.
This reminds me of a hilarious episode, I was a witness to during one of our visits to Galleria market.
Galleria market is our favourite. It is a very happening place especially during the evening hours. We love it. We love it more because it allows pets. We often walk down to it. Sit around for some time. Grab a bite (there are so many eating options), watch the people, watch the dogs (yes we watch only because there’s hardly anything to talk. Miyan being the quiet types and more observing types you see. Sometimes, I feel I should have married a walky talky instead. And we come back.
So here we are quietly enjoying our chicken roll and we see this beautiful newly married couple come and stand right next to our bench. The girl is very beautiful. “Bhagwan ka karishma” kinds. What if her name is Karishma too? Anyways. The boys personality compliments her perfectly. They look very nice together. They too are enjoying a chicken roll. The girl takes a bite. Then the boy takes a bite from the same roll while the two exchange those typical newly married “tu tu hae wohi” waale looks. They are smiling while all we both do is just watch them. We also eat rolls but we eat two separate rolls. Uska jyada chutney waala. Mera no chutney waala. God knows what happens to romancing while sharing after marriage.
Suddenly somebody’s golden retriever, who probably, has been let loose, comes running to the couple. He looks very excited and happy. Probably he too is enamoured by their looks. He is panting. He is drooling. He sits. The couple too is excited to see him. The girl goes,” awwwww! How sweet!”
Their excitement though, doesn’t last for long because the dog then decides to do what should NOT be done in public. He decides to go for the place where “No man has gone before” but probably many dogs already have. He sniffs the poor girl there. The girl pulls herself back gracefully, “No no! Good doggie! Aese nahi karte” The good doggie spares her. The girl smiles.
The good doggie however has more to do. The boy is yet to be evaluated. Meanwhile his parent is there and is all apologetic. The embarrassed parent tries to pull his good doggie away but good doggie refuses. His work is not over yet. As if it is his beholden duty to do what he is born to do. He sniffs the boy from the front and boy! he does it hard. The boy is embarrassed. He immediately turns around. The dog has to do what he has to do. He then sniffs him from the back. Again hard. The boy turns again. The dog again does what he has to do. The boy again turns. The dog sniffs again. The boy is super nervous.
“No no good doggie” the girl says.
“Bosco! No no bosco! Come back! Come let’s go home!” The pet parent screams.
However, Bosco aka the good doggie refuses to budge annnnd starts barking. He barks and barks loudly. Which is when, the poor boy gets so scared that he runs for his life and takes shelter in the Keventer’s shop. He stays there for some time. The dog meanwhile leaves hesitantly. His parent is seen trying to pull him away with all his might. The girl laughs. The audience laughs.
The girl then walks up to her poor guy. Buys him a cold coffee. He probably needs to be cooled down after what happened to him “beech bazaar mein”. The couple looks at each other. They laugh nervously. They try hard not to make their embarrassment obvious and they leave.
And I tell myself, “shouldn’t it be the poor dog who deserves a cold coffee? probably what he observed about the guy, the girl may have missed before saying “yes” to the guy.
Afterall, you should never ignore an animal’s instincts. Isn’t it?
You see, “Har dog sniff kar ke kuch kehta hae!”
All rights reserved @somalibammi
My love for dogs is not hidden from anybody. Love is an understatement. I am crazy for them and my craziness goes beyond all logical explanations. Guess that’s what ‘being crazy’ means. Since I love them so much, I feel I understand them also very well. Understand their feelings, their emotions and hence what they are trying to convey inspite of God depriving them of speech. I can also talk to them nonstop for hours. With them, I don’t mind this one sided communication even, which I often complain with my miyan.
However, there’s one thing I still don’t understand about these furry kids. Though I have read about it and there are some very valid scientific explanations to it but I still feel, there’s more to it.
I am talking about their desire to go straight for the genitals of anybody they meet for the first time. Going straight means, going sniffing. Whether a man or a woman (although they do it more with a man I guess).
Whenever I have guests, my dog runs to them. Some get scared. Some don’t. Some understand. Some simply don’t. Then my dog takes his position. He sits. He makes sure, they don’t sit. He looks at them one by one. He starts evaluating. He goes sniffing their genitals. And he does it hard. From the front. From the back. While the humans simply stand and wait for the trauma and embarrassment to get over. The dog then makes some opinions (we don’t know what). Looks at us (As if we have released him as our CIA agent). Looks at our guests again. Then, If he likes them, he wags his tail. If he doesn’t, he starts barking which is when we all get nervous, especially our guests.
Needless to say, it’s very embarrassing for us too. All we do is…”mumble no no baby! Come here! We will give you chew-sticks!” But baby refuses to come. Who is interested in chew sticks when there’s more interesting stuff around.
This reminds me of a hilarious episode, I was a witness to during one of our visits to Galleria market.
Galleria market is our favourite. It is a very happening place especially during the evening hours. We love it. We love it more because it allows pets. We often walk down to it. Sit around for some time. Grab a bite (there are so many eating options), watch the people, watch the dogs (yes we watch only because there’s hardly anything to talk. Miyan being the quiet types and more observing types you see. Sometimes, I feel I should have married a walky talky instead. And we come back.
So here we are quietly enjoying our chicken roll and we see this beautiful newly married couple come and stand right next to our bench. The girl is very beautiful. “Bhagwan ka karishma” kinds. What if her name is Karishma too? Anyways. The boys personality compliments her perfectly. They look very nice together. They too are enjoying a chicken roll. The girl takes a bite. Then the boy takes a bite from the same roll while the two exchange those typical newly married “tu tu hae wohi” waale looks. They are smiling while all we both do is just watch them. We also eat rolls but we eat two separate rolls. Uska jyada chutney waala. Mera no chutney waala. God knows what happens to romancing while sharing after marriage.
Suddenly somebody’s golden retriever, who probably, has been let loose, comes running to the couple. He looks very excited and happy. Probably he too is enamoured by their looks. He is panting. He is drooling. He sits. The couple too is excited to see him. The girl goes,” awwwww! How sweet!”
Their excitement though, doesn’t last for long because the dog then decides to do what should NOT be done in public. He decides to go for the place where “No man has gone before” but probably many dogs already have. He sniffs the poor girl there. The girl pulls herself back gracefully, “No no! Good doggie! Aese nahi karte” The good doggie spares her. The girl smiles.
The good doggie however has more to do. The boy is yet to be evaluated. Meanwhile his parent is there and is all apologetic. The embarrassed parent tries to pull his good doggie away but good doggie refuses. His work is not over yet. As if it is his beholden duty to do what he is born to do. He sniffs the boy from the front and boy! he does it hard. The boy is embarrassed. He immediately turns around. The dog has to do what he has to do. He then sniffs him from the back. Again hard. The boy turns again. The dog again does what he has to do. The boy again turns. The dog sniffs again. The boy is super nervous.
“No no good doggie” the girl says.
“Bosco! No no bosco! Come back! Come let’s go home!” The pet parent screams.
However, Bosco aka the good doggie refuses to budge annnnd starts barking. He barks and barks loudly. Which is when, the poor boy gets so scared that he runs for his life and takes shelter in the Keventer’s shop. He stays there for some time. The dog meanwhile leaves hesitantly. His parent is seen trying to pull him away with all his might. The girl laughs. The audience laughs.
The girl then walks up to her poor guy. Buys him a cold coffee. He probably needs to be cooled down after what happened to him “beech bazaar mein”. The couple looks at each other. They laugh nervously. They try hard not to make their embarrassment obvious and they leave.
And I tell myself, “shouldn’t it be the poor dog who deserves a cold coffee? probably what he observed about the guy, the girl may have missed before saying “yes” to the guy.
Afterall, you should never ignore an animal’s instincts. Isn’t it?
You see, “Har dog sniff kar ke kuch kehta hae!”
All rights reserved @somalibammi
