Brassie has been a member of The Household for a few months now. She is just over 6 months old and a few things have become apparent. The most obvious being that the + in her Red Heeler + parentage is most likely Chihuahua. She has an under bite, big ears, and is not getting nearly as big as everyone thought she would. But she is very strong and large boned for her size and her coloring is straight Red Heeler. She has more energy than the Energizer Bunny and is ALWAYS happy. But she’s not very smart. The Golfer says she is the 16 year old blonde cheer leader of dogs.
She didn’t get any of the smarts of a Red Heeler, but she does have some of their other traits. If she wants you to do something she bites at your heels. She is constantly trying to herd people this way or that. And apparently Red Heelers like to have a lot of toys, and they like to keep them in one place. This is the complete opposite of Jigger. Jigger tends to get attached to one toy at a time. And even then he will leave it out in the yard, or stuck under a piece of furniture, and it doesn’t seem to bother him at all. He is not into stuff.
Brassie is very into stuff. Brassie feels the more stuff you have the better. And you need to keep track of your stuff. She is not possessive. She doesn’t mind if Jigger takes one of her toys for some reason. She just makes sure it gets back to where it belongs when he’s done. Jiggers stuff ( specifically his reindeer, which was the current favorite toy when Brassie arrived ) quickly became Brassies stuff. Brassie has been busy accumulating stuff since she joined The Household.
Here is a current picture of Brassie’s Stash, as we have come to call it.
The contents of the Stash are constantly changing. Brassie doesn’t feel the need to take care of her stuff. She chews things and drags them around and if they fall apart and end up in the trash, she just goes and finds more stuff. She is VERY good at finding stuff. And yes, some of that stuff includes sticks and other ‘organic matter’ that she digs up out of the yard. Some of which I’m sure is probably poisonous and I’m very surprised we haven’t had to make a trip to the emergency vet with her yet.
And of course her stuff includes golf balls. Brassie LOVES golf balls. They roll and they bounce and they are fun to chew on. Remember here, where I explained about the status of golf balls in The Household? Well they have found their wanderings severely curtailed since Brassie showed up. Brassie believes golf balls need to be herded and they all need to stay together. In her Stash. Every time one makes a break for it she brings it back. After first bouncing it awhile on the hardwood floor, and then chewing on it, just to make sure it still tastes the same.
And yes that is a Golf Digest. Normally Brassie happily shreds any newspaper, magazine or book that happens to fall on the floor. But for some reason this particular issue of Golf Digest was deemed worthy of belonging in the Stash. I’m thinking it is because Cammmmmmilo is on the cover. She would rather look at him then chew his head off.
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