Memories

To be precise dogs are domesticated wolves. Every dog is unique and certain traits are directly related to the dogs breed. Now i rewind my days to the period when i was four years old.
Here it goes.

We were residing in Salem, Burns Std Quarters when i was four. I had been asking my father for a pet but all i would hear is a loud and a deep sounding NO.One quite afternoon, my father took me by surprise. He brought a small pet and it was a Black Dobberman. My mum was busy with her cooking and stuffs. And it was really a surprise. My brother was just two then. My father handed the pet to me and he said this is for you. I immediately ran out to the backyard to get a coconut shell, filled it with milk and tried to feed the puppy. We named the dog Valander (Val in Tamil is tail) as it was happily wagging its tail. The puppy sniffed and licked it twice. Driven by curiousity i thought i had the patience to wait till he finished. But no signs of improvement.

For some reason it reminded me of my mother. My mother's tactic was to threaten me inorder to make me eat. But little did i know it was just to threaten. I decided to adopt the same to make the puppy finish his milk. I also had my brother along. I grabbed a stick of my size hit him twice and the puppy growled in fear and pain. My brother with a grass from the backyard, sat near the puppy, picked the puppy's nose using the grass with a plentiful smile saying "Amma ippidhaa pannuva kuliaprom" (meaning- Amma does the same after my shower). My dad by then finished his lunch and took the puppy away. My mother hit me hard and i could not accept the fact that it was taken away.

Poor puppy!!! I had no Dogs in my life till i was 23. Came to Melbourne with my cousin who was on her return to Melbourne after her vacation, to pursue my higher education. Aunt picked us up from the airport.We reached home and i saw a happy dog wagging her tail and doing a bum dance. Yes it is a she. My cousin could not move an inch away from the dog. It followed her everywhere. Reason? My cousin was away from home for the first time so long. Thats wen i realised dogs are intelligent too. As days passed by, Lucky, our dog, started coming to me as well and yeah it felt great. Lucky's welcome is the warmest ever. :) :) :).

She is a bundle of joy and creature for entertainment. She plays hide and seek, run and catch and what not. One incident which happened to me during my stay here in melbourne is what the story is actually about. Lucky runs around when she has to pee. I had no clues about it. I decided to play run and catch with her. I chased her and she chased me and what not. Lucky pounced on her bowl of water, barked and i made faces too and ran past through the corrider when lucky was chasing me.I slipped over and fell down hard. I was hurt but still i couldnt get out of the fun i was having then. Laughed till my stomach started hurting. Lucky came running behind and resisted her speed when she saw me down. But all in vain. She came screeching and hit her nose on my back. She walked over her bowl of water again splashed all the water on me and licked my hands, and it seemed to me as though she said everything will be alrite. She ran to the door, Jumped to the door handle and made me understand that she needs to go out. I let her out. She Came back and licked me again and walked along.

The latter took me back to that old day when i had a dobberman for just an hour at home. Dogs are humble.

If We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare, dogs give us their all in return. (Any living creature for that matter) - This is just a small quote for those who hate animals.