Love Me, Love My Dog.

I didn’t get my early night on Tuesday, not even a quick flick through the Argos catalogue! Robbie was busy on the computer and our dog Megan was staring up at him trying to pretend that she hadn’t been fed for days. There was no way I would get any attention. Megan and Robbie have an amazing relationship, maybe it is because they are both somewhat eccentric.

Megan is a failed sheepdog; she wasn’t much use as a sheepdog because she was afraid of sheep! She is afraid of most things really - men, thunder, fireworks, lorry’s, the list is endless. She even gets bullied by our rather feisty rabbit.

The odd thing is that from the very first time they met, Megan and Robbie have had a very special relationship. Robbie loves trains, but Megan is more interested in bicycles - she loves chasing wheels. Both are a bit obsessive, Robbie counts the stairs every time he goes up or down, Megan rushes round in circles frantically trying to round up the rabbit or the guinea pig. So now you know how crop circles are created, it has nothing to do with aliens, they are caused by demented border collies trying to round up rabbits! Megan has created her own lawn circles. Robbie and Meg have something else in common too, they are both easily distracted. Megan only has to catch sight of a football and she has to chase it, Robbie is just the same with trains, books about trains or model trains, suddenly he forgets what he should be doing and becomes totally engrossed – it is almost impossible to drag him out of the model shop!

Megan loves Robbie, but it doesn’t stop her playing tricks on him. On several occasions she has managed to get fed twice by using her most dejected expression and pretending to be starving. Unfortunately Megan sometimes suffers from flatulence. She sits in the doorway of the lounge with her head facing into the hall, she emits a silent but deadly fragrance and when the odour pervades the room she stands up, casts an accusatory glance at Robbie and wanders away in search of clean air. She speaks so clearly without any words, I guess that is where they differ, Robbie uses an excess of words!