walks and wags

" Do you see her?" asked Cindy
" Not yet,  but if we run faster we can" replied Zelda
" But the humans are so slow! We can never catch the gate dogs at this pace." said Cindy

" Don't pull, Stay Zelda Cindy" a clearly exhausted human cried!

" Okay, change of plan, let us walk quietly and slowly. the gate dog will think we aren't there and we can run at the last minute and go catch her!" Devised Zelda

"I like the idea , but I can't control..I want to run , run , run! I am running!" A joyous Cindy exclaimed

" uffffff... Now you make me run, run run, I am running too." Zelda joined

" No sign of gate dog. Though her smell is everywhere. What is this new smell! " Cindy sniffed

Lo, Behold! There were three pigs in their line of sight!

OOOOOOooooooOOOOOooooooOOOOOOoooooo, the 2 dogs cried in unison!

They huffed and puffed and tried their best to move towards the pigs, barking their heads off in the process.!

The pigs ran helter- skelter away from the maniac duo.

" I can't believe they escaped! " An angry Zelda shouted , still staring in the same direction.
" Don't worry, they can't go anywhere. Did you see the yummy collection of bones here?" Cindy was drooling over some leftovers.

" Yuck, you insult me and the human by picking through the garbage. Watch out, Hema is gonna hit you hard." Zelda was clearly disgusted with her sister

" Okay, I dropped it. She does seem pretty angry." Cindy admitted defeat

"Lets go inside and find the gate dog.." Zelda was still up for adventure.

" I am gonna poop and pee now.. You better do too..."

" Oh yes, that is why we come here. I easily forget but there are so many distractions anyway."

And off they went about their business with the occasional perking up of ears and concentrated sniffing.

Of dogs and Yoga...

" Babe, I don't read her signs. The body language is confusing! Is she calling us to play?" Cindy was turning her head this way and that.

" Leave her alone. She's trying to do yowga" Zelda replied from the couch

" What's yowga" Cindy was getting more and more confused by the minute here.

" That is one of the things humans do....I don't know why though."

" She definitely is the prettiest human around you know." Cindy lovingly said

" I know, I saw her first!" Zelda was slightly possessive. After all, she was with the humans alone for more than a year .

" Dude, now she is defintely calling me. This is our pose. The ones we signal when we wanna play. I am going in.."Cindy jumped on to the yoga mat!

" awww, Cindy...Don't disturb ..Out ..bad dog" An irritated human voice shooed poor Cindy

" Told you so...Now move away before she starts kicking you."Chuckled Zelda

" I ain't going anywhere babe. She called me here, now she better play with me."Cindy stayed put on the yoga mat.

" Here Cindy, go catch this ball, go go" Hema , the human tried to distract Cindy with an old toy.

" Isn't it my time to smirk, darling Zelda. The human called me to play and no she is.." Cindy had a huge smirk on her face.

" Oh...C'mon you really are dense! She is trying to distract you..Li'l does she know about my inner strength..." Zelda was satisfied about her self control until she saw the toy Hema had thrown.

" Oh you better keep your sly paws off, it is my toy..."

" Oh yeah?? Then come get it....You have to earn it"

The happy human continued her yoga as the happy dogs played with their toy.!

psst...You do know this will continue every day right.. Change yoga poses for heavens' sake!!

What's in a name

" Why am I called Cindy?" Cindy asked her step sister Zelda.

" Now, how would I know that? Why am I called Zelda?"

" That is because, Hema saw you fight away monkeys when you were a pup and named you after a warrior princess. c/mon, she tells this story to everyone who meets us" Cindy replied

" Ahhh...That way, you were so damn thin when she found you, so she named you after a size negative super model..We know this story too.." Zelda replied.

" Sigh, I think we should be happy atleast we weren't named tuffy or fluffy or bellu or chillu. I know how much binju hates his name. He told it really feels sad when his human's name is Sasidharan Rajashekaran, atleast he could have been named a Raja, you know, which means, KING" Cindy exclaimed.

" HAHAHA... I really do like some human names too.. I would want to be called Shilpa if I were a human." Zelda said.

" Oh babe! that is nice, I wouldn't mind being a Shweta anyday either."

" Cool idea. from now on , I am Shilpa, you are Shweta.  Let's teach the humans our name! We will not budge untill they call us Shilpa and Shweta"

" You have a deal sista!!!"

"Zelda....Cindy.....Where are you??" Hema's voice rang out....

" Don't budge, hold fast.. We are training them" Zelda controlled Cindy.

" Oh god! Where do these kids go...? Are they dogs of fur or invisibility coats!" An exasperated Hema exclaimed!

" teehee, this is so much fun..We are training our humans!! Am so thrilled! Now am never gonna budge." Cindy was all smiles!

" Who wants a biscuit??" Hema called out.

Zzzzzzippp and the dogs were there forgetting all about training humans and changing their names.

" Well you know, Zelda isn't a bad name. It definitely is better than Shilpa. I am a warrior after all..My job is to protect these lovely humans" Zelda said through her munching!

" And Who wouldn't wanna be a super model. I still have a good figure." This was Cindy

" Sigh, what nice names we have!"

" Yeah, leave it to the humans to give us nice innovative names!"

" but, I am still very happy not to be a chillu or billu."

" Amen to that"

A normal day!

" You are funny, thinking you could hide under the bed and she wouldn't find you. Even PI from the apartment far away could have sniffed you out" , Remarked Zelda

" Well, I thought Hema is not great with her smell and all. She couldn't smell the thief standing right outside our window ** rolls her eyes towards the sky**" replied Cindy.

" She can very well see your tail stretched so long, you idiot!! Any way, we are caught, shut in this small room. You know she has gone for the shampoo. I feel so demeaned right now. How can we consent to this" Zelda was clearly angry.

" Relax, It is just a bath. It will be done in no time. She is as nervous as us. Can you not sense that?!" Cindy had an air of defeat around her.

The bathroom door opens and the humans enter. Armed with treats n shampoo and buckets of water.

" Who is my good dog! Who is my clean girl!"

Zelda and Cindy howl in exasperation but accept defeat once they are splashed with water.

" Well it is done, you can stop running here and there.." hema tried to calm the recently showered dogs who were running helter- skleter.

" Atleast, the towelling feels good" A sad Zelda exclaimed.

" Do not forget the yummy food that will follow this..Never forget their treats.That's what makes them human. Their ability to give us treats."

" I hate them right now...soooo damn much..Well, who am I kidding.. I love them!" Zelda admitted sheepishly.

Just another day...in a dog's life!