He’s annoyed, i can tell

Two guys came to visit us the other morning. They were dressed in wet weather gear, had these uniforms on, and went inside and sat him down and talked for about an hour. Eventually they left and everyone was smiling.

But the Boss is still annoyed. The annoyance relates to me, i think.

The Boss was talking on the phone to one of his mates and i was listening. He said something about Council Rangers visiting and He having to make a statement. Then the Boss looked at me and scowled.

He saw me looking at Him and called me over after the phone call had finished and patted me and we played a little – not that the Boss plays with me much. He’s been doing that a bit more lately.

The Council Ranger thing relates to the yelling that happened in Frog Hollow the other day. The Boss wasn’t doing the yelling, it was the other guy. The Boss isn't concerned about the other guy. He said to his mate on the phone “You just never know what’s going on in some people’s lives and what has motivated them to take such action”. The Boss is really understanding, like that. i wish at times i could be as understanding.

Apparently there is an allegation of a ‘dog attack’. It’s quite technical, this 'dog attack' thing. If i put one paw forward, in front of another and lunge or growl, it’s considered a ‘dog attack’. Gosh, a dog attack occurs every moment of every day – and that’s just in my patch. These Council Rangers must be busy lads. Image if they were also policing human attacks - there would be a whole army of them!

The Frog Hollow incident relates to me and Groover playing. The Boss and i came to the park, without a ball, and Groover and his Boss kindly let us play fetch. i’m bigger, older and smarter than Groover – but together we were playing quite well, until…

Well, Groover growled at me, near his Boss. And i responded with a typical Blue Heeler nip. It’s not a real Blue Heeler nip, because i’m a little bit calmer due to the Smooth Collie cross, But it was still a nip and a nip counts as a ‘dog attack’ – although, i was provoked.

Groover’s Boss was understandably protective of Groover – and picked him up and held him. Meanwhile, i waited patiently for the ball to be thrown - even though i knew that i had done the wrong thing.

The other guy started screaming and yelling at the Boss. Stuff I can’t repeat on here. But there is one comment that i understood. “I know who you are and where you live”. Gosh, to me, that sounds like a threat or a promise - i can't remember which it is.

The other guy has two dogs. The French Bulldog has got his balls and smells really strange – it puts out this aroma that says “i’m better than you” and doesn’t understand the pecking order of life in the local park. The Boston Terrier is a bitch. she’s not my kind of bitch – a bit annoying really, but i guess you get that with bitches from time to time.

The Council Ranger stuff seems to have died down a little. Apparently, they’re ‘undertaking investigations’. The Boss is still a little annoyed with me, i can tell. Let’s hope it will pass and we can all live peacefully, as neighbours.