Loving Dog Talk

I have to admit I have a high maintenance girl, yes she is the love of my life, don’t know quite how she has stole my heart, I have other loves and many in the past that were close but somehow she does that something special….I have known this for some time, the way she sleeps close to me, how she smells (yes smells), and just watching her.

Now this is where I get into trouble, her every emotion is written on her face, I can tell when she is happy, ecstatic, sad and here it is when she is bored…so I have come to the ocean to get that energy only the wild Washington coast can provide, the tame Pacific Sound won’t do, nor up in the mountains with my horses. So I am here with my two girls, Sierra the very protective Cattle Dog and Weya the sweet and loving Ridgeback; they love to play together and both love the beaches. Sierra is happy as long as everyone is safe and she is with me and Weya. She does not ask for much to make her happy, just being outside with us is all she needs.

Now Weya is another story, when she is happy she is HAPPY, her middle name is Joy and when she is happy JOY vibrates off her body, but when she is bored she is BORED, and its written all over her face….so here I am on the coast, camera in hand, not the quick instant camera but a digital SLR that I am still trying to learn how to use in the manual mode, so this means I am not only just “being” on the beach but I am taking lots and lots of photos, I am taking my time using all the different modes ….so what does this have to do with Weya…well while Sierra is just happy BEING, Weya is BORED….she does not run off because she knows that is not allowed so she just stands around and is BORED…..and when we are walking on the beach, when I could just be enjoying the BEING of being on the beach…well there is Weya and if its not all about her then she is BORED….so what do I do …I am spending lots and lots of time getting Sierra to engage in play with her or I am throwing sticks and we even found this great Styrofoam ball that used to be some kind of fishing thing.  

So I am kicking the ball for her…now remember Weya is a Ridgeback….not a retriever, her game with balls and sticks is to go get it and then play keep away, which involves running in towards shore and getting me to chase her….which of course I do cause I don’t want my high maint girl to be BORED….and when we see people all Weya wants to do is go say hi…this is not a problem if they like dogs, but as I am supposed to not have mine lose I have to gage if they do indeed like dogs then ask is my High Maint Girl can come say hi…cause if people don’t want to say hi to her she get HURT and UPSET…so I ask people to say hi to my girls and thank them for their time.

I even go out of my way to find someone for my girls to say hi to, and yes Sierra loves people but she does not take it personally if they don’t want to say hi, which of course Weya does as she thinks the WORLD should love her, cause she is just so special… I am not complaining cause I can’t imanage being on the beach here at  Kaloch without my dogs and I LOVE being with them here….but I wanted to admit my obsessive behavior….because I LOVE my High Maint Girl, Weya Joy Zimbabwe!