Life is getting better - kind of

As usual this cry baby that calls himself a dog is complaining about having a haircut! He now finally looks like what he really is - a stupid idiot but a nice and a very thin one.

What is wrong with him - I know a stupid question - but he complains all the time and nothing seems to be good enough for him. His owners and my servants are always trying to get him to eat with no luck and on Monday evening he did not even want to eat sausages even though it seemed until then to be his favourite. Do I complain even though I have to eat his food? Do I complain because I am accused of stealing his food while I am helping him with his food? No I don't! But then the difference is that I am not owned by someone even though my servants think they own me. The ideas that these people get are strange, but it is fine to let them think they are in charge. It is so much easier for me.

Yesterday was a good day. The dog went with his male owner and my servant to his formal work (his main work is of course doing what I tell him to do) and then I was alone the whole day. No dog to annoy me and I could just relax, but it is too bad that he came home in the afternoon. But at least I had a whole day without them.

Marko

Summer haircut - again!!!!!!

Last Saturday morning I was enjoying life. I slept as always with my owners but then the dreaded moment came as every morning. My male owner woke up which means that I have to go out to do my business. I never like this so I try usually to hide under the bed even though it never works - he always gets me. I thought this was bad but I had no idea how bad this morning was going to get.

After I had done my thing on the grass as usual and wanted to go home, but no. I was taken to the vet - which is usually nice as he is a nice person - and then my male owner and the vet lifted me up on a table. Then the vet turned on some machine and started to cut my hair. Not just a little but taking it almost all off, even off my face and paws. Now I look ridiculous and as bad as last year. I am thinking of complaining to someone, but I don't know who.

Can anyone help me?

Rustikus

Back by popular demand

Due to international - well kind of 2 countries means international right! - pressure and requests we have decided to start writing on our blog site. We will have to see how long we will be willing and able to write blog posts due to various factors, mainly our laziness to write and our male owner/servant laziness to post them for us. But what is new?

Many things have happened since last post. First of all now there are more animals in the apartment - strange urge to always add more when they have wonderful creatures like us - but our male owner/servant likes aquariums and he got one. So now there are also fishes but we are not able to get to them, which of course is not good. Secondly Rustikus experienced his first Christmas living with people. We both got good gifts. Thirdly Rustikus continues to taunt the owners/servants by not eating well (with few exceptions) except when there are visitors, especially visitors that our owners/servants have complained to that Rustikus is not eating. This seems to still work and then they - the owners/servants - seem to be happy and try to feed him with the same thing but then it does not work. Marko is happy about this as then there is more to steal from Rustikus plate.

More post will come soon.

Rustikus and Marko

The real hierarchy

As in every place it is important for all members of the society to know their place. This is also true for my kingdom. Everyone has their place and are tasked with serving the king. Therefore in my first kingdom there are the four of us and the hierarchy is like this - me, myself and I, the two servants and finally at the bottom the dog. Everyone has their different roles - the servants are here to make sure that the king is well fed and does not have to do anything except give orders. The dog is for the entertainment of the king and should always come when asked for. When not asked for he should in all cases remain at the lowest place in my kingdom.

Here are pictures showing how it should always be and thankfully I do no longer have to remind the dog, the servants are more difficult and keep on thinking they are in charge.

The dog on the floor and I resting in my living room castle



The dog has here received a royal authorization for sitting



Now when the dog has learned the order of things then it is about time the servants will learn what is their role and status in my kingdom. I will inform you about their - hopefully - positive advancement on this matter.

Until later

Marko
King of apartment 6 and 7

Birthday

Last Saturday we celebrated our birthdays. Marko is now 5 year old and Rustikus is one year old or is better to say young? We had a good day, we got a cake each and presents. Here are some pictures:

Marko eating his cake



Marko continuing to eat his cake but the present is also in front of the plate. Rustikus did of course try to steal it as he likes everything that is not his.



Here is Rustikus´s cake



And Rustikus eating it



We agree that the cakes were good but the lack of many presents is not to our liking. We will remember this when the owners/servants will have their birthdays. Then they will know that you need to give the animals more presents ....

Marko and Rustikus

Haircut - before and after pics

Many two feeters have asked me to show some pictures of my new haircut. As I have barked before then I was taken to the vet and was then surprisingly grabbed and shaven down to almost no hair. Here are some pictures of me:

See how great I looked







And why did they want to change me from being so cute - according to my female owner - to this:










I do however have to admit that in the heat it is good to have short hair, but I still looked better with all my hair. Iin the fall I will be back to my old self and that will be good. Marko however always looks the same.

Thats all for now - special regards to Scarlett, Buba, Hera and Ua,

Rustikus

Heat and more heat

It is not good to be me these days. It is very hot outside and inside. Even though I do not have much hair now, then I am still feeling the heat. I have to admit that my owners were right to cut my hair, I wouldn't want to have as much hair as I had in this heat. When I go out I don't really have energy to run as much as before. Do not misunderstand me, I still have a lot of energy after all I am not old like Marko.

I will soon be 1 year old and then I will no longer be a kid. I am about to become a big boy and next weekend we will celebrate my birthday. We do not exactly know when in July last year I was born so the birthday has been set by my owners as being 12 July - next Saturday - and even though my owners said that they have before I came to them and even before I was born set Marko's birthday as 15 July then we will both celebrate our birthdays together on Saturday. Marko will be 5 years old - wow that's old - and he also does not know when in July 5 years ago he was born.

That's all for now.

Rustikus

What a cry baby!

It is remarkable to read the post from Rustikus. He is always either complaining or making it sounds that he is so great. What a crap. Yes he was very brave because he did not pee out of a scare from a noise few km away. It is not like it was anything special just a big noise and then it was over. Was that enough for him, no he had to cry about it the whole day and was afraid for a long time to even come close to the window. Then there is this complaint about his new haircut, I kind of like it as now there is less of a chance for me to miss when I am hitting him. It is much better even though he is too stupid to realise that he is being hit and should go away. In any case it is really fun to hit him.

I have a good life when I don´t have to hear to complaints from the cry baby. He is often not eating much so I can eat my food, steal from him and then I almost always get some food out of my servants, especially the female one. When I get bored with my servants and Rustikus then I can go to my other kingdom and there I have also servants. I especially like the female one, she is just wonderful and the male one is also good and he is now totally under my command. There is no stupid dog to annoy me. But in my main kingdom the balcony is better as there I can see down to the street.

This enough for now, I have to go and hit the dog or eat his food or maybe just sleep.

Marko

Brave in explosion

As my male owner just wrote about then there was an explosion yesterday morning. There was a loud noise and then the door out to balcony partially opened. I got of course very scared after all I was sleeping and then a big bang. What is a dog to do? I went into the kitchen as far from the windows as I could. I did however not do any mess, so Dadi (my male owner) was very proud of me. He took me out so I could pee and then I went straight home as I think it is saver there, in case something happens. I just wanted to be far from the window again but now I was in the living room. It seemed to me as Vera (the female owner) was just as scared as I was.

I have now got used to the short hair and quite like it, but still look forward to have lot of hair again. I went to the vet yesterday - managed however to pee in the stairs of my building before and Dadi got very angry with me - as my owners thought there was something wrong with me, but the vet said I am OK. I could have told them that myself, but strangely they have more faith in what another two feeter tells them than me. Strange people.

This is enough for now and I will now go and either chew on a fake bone or go back to sleep. Difficult choice, but I will somehow manage.

Rustikus

Haircut

Last week everything was very good. I enjoyed life and was not making any trouble. But what do then my owners do? They take me to the vet, which so far I have liked very much , and they shaved off lot of my hair. I tried all I could to fight myself out of this but as they were three in holding me down then I did not have a chance. My owners say that this is better for me when it will become very hot in Sofia this summer, but I still look like an idiot. We will have to see if they are correct.

Last evening I went as often for an evening walk to a small park close to my home. There I met my good friend Scarlett and Buba. They thought I looked strange and their owners, especially Buba's owner laughed at me. But still we played well as always I got to run in the sand which is very fun. I however did a bad thing and made my owners both scared and angry. I crossed the road to talk to dogs in a closed of garden close by. They were not happy, that is my owners, and I was scolded and dragged home. Strange these owners, they let me run free but when I explore a little bit then they get angry. I will never understand these strange creatures that walk on two feets.

Now I just look forward to when my hair will grow back so I will be back to my old self.

Thats all for now,

Rustikus