The photo is of Breno who was rescued as a young puppy from a neighbour who was not feeding him, kids persuaded Mum who then persuaded lil' bro' that he would be a good family friend.
There are two other dogs in the household but they live out by the front door and are never admitted – unlike Breno who spends most of the day out the back of the kitchen by the fish ponds sleeping and looking for food from any friendly faces that pass by him.
Strangers of any kind are there to be barked at and he can be very noisy, lil' bro' is the pack leader whose word must be obeyed at all times.
He never stopped barking at Hairy Nephew or Older Bro' when they visited a couple of years ago but for some strange reason he took to me right from the off – maybe it was the doggie snack that my niece gave me to pass on to him when we first met or maybe he smells something of lil' bro' about me.
If he is in the house downstairs on his own and I am up in the upstairs office he will come up for a pat or three - and to check if I might have any food lying around that is going to go to waste, never do but there might always be a first time.
He has a free run of the house at night and the family can sleep secure in the knowledge that if anyone appears who he does not recognise, Breno will bark the house down, mind you this also includes the large millipedes that can be found out here but better safe than sorry. Lil' bro' is a very light sleeper, probably due to all those years spent working on rigs catching 40 winks whenever you can, and he claims that he would rather be woken for a false alarm that not at all.
3 comments:
Cute doggie!
If you check out why you've been tagged then you will understand why I went aaahhh.
rt, He is cute, but as lil' bro' pointed out after I posted - if he does not know you and you are in "his house" he will bite!
Noddy, You ould softie - managed to respond (sort of) to the tag tonight.
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