“I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness.”
About 4 years back….on a wintery evening of November…Arrived a little angel in our house. Well quite unlike the typical image of a pup,all wrapped in pink ribbon, resting in a basket…this one arrived below the driver’s seat of our car!! Basically he was little Black Labrador pup…who managed to crawl out of the back seat of the car and get below the drivers seat!! Not to mention that my dad had to actually spend 20 minutes trying to figure out where the little monster had disappeared..thnks to his black color and tiny frame!!
So ladies and gentlemen!! Please give a biig round of applause…To…… SULTAN….the world’s most handsome black Labrador!! :) Tall, Dark and Handsome..personified!! He he he
The more I see Sultan the more I biliv in the concept of pichla janam..As we all fondly like to say….Kuch to pichle janam ka karz hai hum logo ka Sultan pe…jo vasool karne wo hamare ghar aaya hai!! Lolz…I mean….the way he has all 5 of us wrapped around the 5th toe of the back feet on the right!![yeah with Dogs…u have to be more precise!!]..its just amazing!!!
Hes truly the Sultan of the house…and our hearts too!!! Who else would dare to snatch our blankets at 5 in the morning and drag us out of our beds coz its his morning walk time!!! Hes getting smarter with each day..when he was small…n barked in the morning…we would just pull the blanket over are heads and pretend tht we cant hear…but now…he really dsnt waste his energy much..he’ll bang into the room….gv a louuuuuddddd bark….wot u ignored him??? Ohkk…he’ll come over to your bed….take the tiny corner of the blanket hanging down from the bed in his mouth and just march out of the room…now if u think u can win this tug of war!!u r mistaken….better leave d bed soon!!
After a niiice morning walk in the muddiest of patches on the road…its time for his breakfast….and guess who cooks it 4 him….no one else but the Mukhiya of the house..My Dad!!!..itne saalon me humein kuch bana ke chahe na khilaya ho..but Sultan ka breakfast is one responsibility that he has voluntarily taken!! And u shud see how he makes it….Daliya+palak+egg+carrot+milk+malayi….and God knows wot all….this kind of breakfast would put any nutritionist to shame!!! I to keep telling him…ki agar aisa nutritious khaana mujhe khilaya hota..to aaj meri sehat kahan ki kahan pahunch gayi hoti!! But then as they say…every Dog has his day!!
And to top it..he brags…”see! With the breakfast I make for sultan..his coat has become so shiny and black!!”…and I just stand there looking at my thinning hairline…making plans to confiscate Sultan’s breakfast soon!![yeah bad hair days can do such things to you!!]
So breakfast done….time for a nap….wot better place to catch a nap but on the soft carpet right in the center of the living room!!!Who cares about all the hair sticking on to the carpet…safai ke liye ghar ke chaar aur log hain na!!! I m THE SULTAN!! So while the rest of the family is getting ready for their offices toppling over either a black tail or a stretched leg in hallway…..our dear sultan is catching up on his sleep…[with the amount of overtime he does in the sleep department..I really wonder where does get sleep to Catch Up on!!!]
Its afternoon now….iffffffff it happens to be wikend..then its his bathing day!! Well this quote summarizes the whole bathing story…”One whu hasn’t tasted soap has never given bath to a Dog!!” lolz..howw true….if u bathe Sultan..he’ll make sure that u also get one simultaneously….so just whn u finish rubbing soap over his body….he’ll do a Mithun da Disco number and gv back all the soap that u hv so generously rubbed on him..back to you!!
But its ok..being the fighter that we are..we do manage to give him a bath[phew!!]…so he airdries himself…..but hey!! Its getting sunny out there…and you are sitting in ac while sultan is out!! Not fair…..so he’ll come marching into the room….and lie down right in front of the ac!!..aah..that feels nice….10 minutes later….ohkkk its getting cold in here…guess I shud finally move away from d ac….ahaan…my favorite place…at the door of the room…so if the door is closed…I perch myself right behind it..making sure that no one else apart from his highness Mr Dara Singh is able to move me and open the door!!And if anyone else wants to enter/leave the room..well they can use the window for all I care!!!
Ding Dong!! Doorbell!!! Andddddddddddddddd Sultan goes rushing out of the room towards the main door…no no…not to attack the visitor!!Labs are friendly by nature…and our Sulli dear goes overboard on that…he wants to jump on the visitor[so wot if it means throwing 35+ kg weight on the poor unsuspecting person on the other side of the door!!]..lick him all over[did some1 say good clothes??well they need to be stamped with my lick then!!]….But wts dis…here comes Mom…trying to put leash on him nad take him away…[well only if se can catch me!!Time to run around…]….Mom gives up…calls Dad…..Dad gives one Angry command…”Sultan..sit!!”….and our Sulli dear follows with the most innocent face on the earth!!!
One biig dramebaaz he is…the moment u try to scold him…he’ll give u one of those…I-am-Innocent looks..that u’ll actually feel like kicking urself!!! And its really difficult not to fall in his trap!! [ ohkkk I confess…I hv bin a perennial victim of this!!]
With most of the day gone in random timepass…its evening..time for sultan to sit outside the kitchen…so that while cooking dinner mom can throw bit and pieces to him while he waits for his dinner!!Too bad…the dinner is not as lavish as the breakfast..its plain Dog Food….well if only Sultan could read the description of his of food on its cover…”chunky chicken pieces cooked in white rice with the goodness of vegetables..blah blah blah..”….I mean..Hullo!!Do they really expect Dogs to read THAT!!...but job hi ho….its difficult to resist the temptation on reading that…thankfully the food smells a bit bad….varna to I m sure the Dog owners would be found sharing food with their canine in the same plate!![yeah yeah..count me in too!!:p]
But I have to tell u this….Sultan is sooooooooooo sharp…he may be in anyyyyyyy corner of the house..but the moment he hears his dog food box opening..he’ll come russssssssssssssshing to the kitchen…however quite u try to be…he can just sense it…and when hes waiting 4 his food…hes at his best..i mean u pull his ears..u hug him…do anyyyyyything..he’ll not budge….varna to you really have to flex all your muscles to get him in ur grip for even a chotu motu hug!! He he he
After dinner its again time for a walk….and then off to sleep [of courrrrse in the AC!!wot u thot???? ;)]
So u see..whuever said..its a Dog’s life…must nt hv experienced it 4 sure!! A Dog’s life is just sooo amazing guys!! But then dnt they soooooooooooooooooo deserve it…..
For all the unconditional love that they give….
For that vigourous tail wagging that they do every time u enter the house….that makes u feel so welcomed and longed for!!!
For that gentle nuzzling tht they give whn u r having a bad day!!
For the way they dance around and shake their whole body for simple things as a pat from you!!
For they way they let you touch themselves…and respond back with a warm lick..
And for all the other ways in which the teach you to simply enjoy your life!!! :)
I always feel..the ones who don’t have a Dog in their life are missing out on a remarkable part of their lives!!
And I must say…After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that We dont own Dogs….They own US!! :)
p.s. I have one more Dog….about him..Later..On popular Demand u c!! ;)
