Its been sooooo long......I have been officially Maligatored!!!! Yup that is the official term for owning a Belgian Malinois pup!! They are not called Maligators for nothing. They are officially the most trying, nippy, attention seeking pups ever. They rarely sleep! They constantly want to be with you, they demand your full attention at all times. They have huge amounts of energy and want to be entertained at all times. They have a Tasmanian Devil Mode, which switches on at Midnight, where they demand you play with them for 2 hours. If you don't they try to rip you to pieces. If you tell them off.....they rip you to pieces! If you try to sleep.....they rip you to pieces! Even the most dedicated Mali owners will tell you....they are horrible puppies!! Thankfully Freya is now 5 months old and we are starting to understand each other. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We are nearly up to 4 hours sleep a night 😊. I am able to walk about without the leather arm guards now....mostly.
The herding instinct still has to be dealt with.....She cannot be let loose with the ponies yet. She just wants to herd them, they just want to kill her....and she has no fear. To avoid tears, I have had to abandon any training of Charlie, and just content myself with cuddles, while Freya is in her cage in the truck (just enough time to poo pick).
Still it doesn't matter. Charlie doesn't mind and we get a once a week slot when we can have proper time together. It is not exactly working time right now. The summer has been Hot...And Dry!! The ground is baked hard and we are looking like Burnt Grass Ranch again. The temperatures have been in the Thirties regularly and we are Brits. We cannot cope with anything above 20c and we need rain!!
So Dora went off to her new home. She hasn't gone far, and now belongs to a little girl and her siblings, where she can hopefully fulfill her potential. I got on really well with Dora, so thought I would miss her heaps.....but I kinda don't. She used to try and 'help' me move the fences back. I don't miss that. We also thought Lily would miss her, as they were always entwined around each other. But Lil has shown no signs of missing her........She is more than happy with her Shetland Herd. So Good Luck Dora....We do love you.....but ....
The "replacement" i.e Coco is quite a lot cuter!!! She is no trouble at all. She has just fitted in sooo well. Her poos are so small, I can't help think of Coco Pops when I pick them up. Today she had a massage from Jade Monahan which she thoroughly enjoyed.
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