Andie did his job this morning.

I'll bet his were trained not to bark in the night!
Has this thread gone barking mad?

Long suffering dogs they were too absent with their diverted salivary glands and endless bells ringing: The bells! The Bells! The salivary gland diversion! The salivary gland diversion! That chap in Notre Dame didn't know he was born!
Can't you get a bowl of Pedigree Chum round here without some chap ringing bells and collecting me' saliva. Woof.

My guess is that Shrodinger did not have a cat and thought that one would behave nicely inside a dark box while philosophers endlessly debated its hypothetical, or real, existence. And the meaning of existence. He had a dog and knew it would be trying to fight its way out before the lid was shut.
Never did really get philosophy myself.
If he had a hypothetical hamster being quiet in the box it might be more realistic.

Isn't 13 what they call a baker's dozen coven?

Pavlovs dogs just drooled!

j08

It is a close. It would be difficult to get a coach up the close.
Everybody human is a pensioner in the close so it is unusual to have people outside on the pavement.
Andie is not a pensioner yet as he is 50 in doggy years.

Frank

Hamsters are nocturnal!

Will Andie get a London pension?

Andie has only worked in Sutton Coldfield.
Dogs never stop working even when they are pensioners.
My London pension feeds him.

Frank

Well why people should not be allowed to have a civilised conversation is beyond me. You don't own the pavements as well do you Frank?

Working dogs are retired at a certain age!

gracesmum

It is -4 tonight where I live.
If you wish to bring a friend at 4am and hold a conversation opposite my house at that time I will give you a cup of tea after.

Frank

Galen

All dogs are working dogs.
As soon as Andie got to the house at 8 weeks old we told him his job was to guard the house.
He cried on his first night and barked the next day.
I think he settled down very quick probably because he sensed our previous dog and realised he had come to get us over our grief.
All the other dogs appear to do the same job for their owners.

Frank

Jehovah's Witnessess looking for an early start to cover as much ground as poss? Trainee milkmen learning their route? Your father's girlfriend's friend planning a raid? Revellers leaving a party waiting for a taxi?

Why didn't you open your window, shout across and ask them?

We don't get many Revellers in the close.
I am the youngest person in the close.

Frank

I have not seen any Milk Men around the area and I think Jehovah's Witnessess avoid the close as every house has a dog and the owners leave them barking when they are talking.

Frank

I read somewhere dogs are as smart as a 3-4 year old child.I think they're smarter.

Beings from another planet? Ghosts from another time? Taxi drivers - now they hang around in weird places. Or - perhaps they were burglars casing the joint - you did say your property is a touch better than average. Good thing you have Andie. What breed is he, by the way, I missed it if you've said.

Is there a cathedral in Sutton Coldfield?

No!

Then how come HUNTERF lives in a close? Or is it just a cul-de-sac with attitude?

This whole thread reminds me of the (very) old Ken Dodd joke about when you want to know what time it is you bang very loudly on a drum and someone will throw up the window and yell 'Who's that banging a drum at 4 o'clock in the morning?'. Perhaps the people outside Frank's window just wanted to know what the time was and hoped that Frank the window and (kindly) let them know!!

NfkDumpling

Andie is a cairn terrier.
He did not bark this morning but I did hear him get up at about 5am, he went down stairs and I think he had a look around and came back up.
He then came in to my room and then returned to his basket.
I think he was doing his guard dog duty.

Frank

When I was a child my grandparents had a Cairn Terrier Frank he was the most gentle natured lovely creature. We children, dressed him up in clothes and he just sat there looking at us with his huge brown eyes . I adored that dog. When my late grandad was very poorly and virtually at the end of his life, Sandy never left his side and they died within a week of each other. We called him Sandy the King of the Dogs !

henrietta

if it makes some of you feel better my young dog had a poo near the door because i wouldnt drag my old body out of bed at 3 this morning