BONZO & POOPS

MEET BONZO AND POOPS, two brothers but from different litters. In this picture taken when they were younger, Bonzo, the older of the two is on the left.

They are both mongrels and Bonzo is obviously has Labrador in him. No matter what they are beautiful boys and very affectionate, even Poops whose eye sight is not too great having suffered from cataracts at a young age. If he barks at you, which he often does until he learnt to properly recognise my body language, it just means you are not moving the way he finds comfortable.

Bonzo is a "looking-for-affection" kind of dog. Eats too much which is bad for him. What he does is he polishes off after everyone and often before some have had their fill. So, we try to stop him from overeating by rebuking him. That will in return bring on the "pitiful welfare" look, replete with baleful eyes and my heart melts but for his sake I have to be firm. He is the boss, Bonzo. Unlike poops he does not socialise very much with the cats. Rather he graces the community with his presence and by tolerance expects respect.

Poops, on the other hand, is a cat lover. Sometimes I think he thinks he is one of them. Very often, one of the cats will come to him to be licked and he obliges. His very good friend used to be Pretty, a friendly girl and younger sister to Puteh. She used to introduce her kitten early to Poops and the other dogs so that they become very protective of her and her babies. Now, one quirky thing about poops is that he loves little kittens and if you are not vigilant he'll steal one and run off with it in his mouth. No, he does not harm them. He just wants to hold them. When he cannot do this he loves nudging them whenever their paws or tail spills out of the cage and all this done with great tenderness.

The brothers are strange in that there is much rivalry between them. However, when fear takes over they will be very close as during a storm when they huddled together even while growling at each other. You should meet them.