Diesel Dog and the Sherry

Well his good mood is still surviving, despite the kind of provocation certain to have induced a serious grumbling session formerly. Small Boy arrived and immediately set to work with the old "Snowball down The Owners Neck Routine".... not a grumble! In fact he seemed to enjoy it and retaliated with much laughter and merriment.

I am not really grasping this whole snow thing here; you go outside and throw loads of frozen white stuff everywhere, roll in it (and I remember what I left underneath that snow) get wet trousers, jackets and gloves, freezing hands and feet; then tell everyone what fun you've had! It is clearly a hoomun thing! Just leave me with a square of carpet and a stoked up woodburner and let me know when you come back indoors!

Diesel Dog Daughter came up again with Diesel Dog and Very Strange Woman. Snow and a big garden and Diesel Dog had to do more demented badger running up and down the path across the back of the garden. Now this is something else I am just not getting! What is it about that path that he has to run up and down it like that? I must have a go myself, but not until the white stuff has gone! I don't mind sharing my square of carpet in front of the fire but I don't share my cushion and you may remember I had to have an opinion about that when last they visited. It clearly worked as Diesel Dog didn't try and evict me from it unceremoniously like last time. However I thought The Owner was going to start grumbling again when he was having his daily glass of sherry when coming in from the cold. He sat down on the floor and put his glass beside him. Diesel Dog was patrolling the living room carpet and as he passed, dunked his tongue in the unguarded glass. The Owner just laughed! Although it was funny, the faces Diesel Dog pulled at the taste of The Owner's cheap sherry. I have seen the faces The Owner pulls at it sometimes and he is used to the taste! I don't think Diesel Dog will be trying any of The Owners unguarded glasses left within reach for a while.