Hey you guys! Ok, I promised to write about my pets, so this is the post about my first dog, Benji.
Loooookit his haaappiii face!!!
Since young (I still am young anyway) I’ve always wanted to keep a Collie. Inspired by some Hong Kong drama series whose title I can no longer remember, I wanted a female Collie named Chloe. And Chloe has to be of the color Blue Merle.
I know, someday, I will still get to own a Blue Merle Collie named Chloe.
But I digress…..
Benji is possibly a mix between a Shetland Sheepdog and a Collie. Reason being that he has a face shape and body structure of a Collie, but not as big as one. He was bought as a Shetland though. I’m not complaining!
He was adopted from a very nice couple whose lil’ boy had asthma. I had him when he was about eleven months old.
Benji’s previous name was………………………………………………… *drumrolls*
DAFFY
The only reason I can think of that anyone would name their dog Daffy, is because they have children who love Daffy the Duck.
Anyway, Benji took to his new name pretty well. Then again, he responds to any damn name you call him.
You can even call him “Sissy” (which, incidently, suits him to the TEE), and he would come running to you and shower you with all the doggy love.
I told you he is a sissy!
If there is one thing you should know about Benji, is that he loves everybody in this world. Absolutely. Everybody. Absolutely.
It’s like all the love in the world has squeezed into his teeny (as compared to the world) doggy body. And every pore on his skin is oozing out this love.
In fact, he is SO AFRAID that his love will not be recipocated, that he often plonks himself on peoples’ laps, prompting them to hug him, touch him, caress him, kiss him, etc etc etc.
Point to note: He isn’t exactly a toy breed. And, he is also very furry. So said people usually walk away with fur in their mouth and a broken thigh bone.
Another thing you guys should know about Benji, is the way he expresses himself.
Normally, dogs go woof woof, or bark bark, or arf arf arf! or yip yip yip yippity yip, or roarrrrrr!
Benji, has a different, unique way.
He often goes chirp!Chirrup! Chirp Chirp chirrrrp~!
Yep! He tweets like a canary!
Variations go tweet! Tweety tweet! Cheep cheepcheep!
People, he TOTALLY sounds like a bird!!!!!!! He sounded like these duckling I had when I was little!!! Oh duckli……………………………oh wait, ducks…Daffy……
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Such enlightenment!
He seldom barks. Only when totally necessary (like 3am in the morning when he sees a bunch of dried flowers hanging near my bookshelves and although it had been there for ages but this is the first time he notices it and he has. to. warn. mommy. by. barking. suddenly. because. hey! Flowers!)
But yeah, Benji’s a great dog to have around. When you need lotsa licks and love. He will be there for you.
He’ll be four years old end of this year. That’s 28 years in dog-years. Time flies.
And oh, he also has a cataract in his right eye.
Both his ears used to be tipped, which is the desirable trait in Collies and Shetlands. But when he had the cataract, his right ear became upright, as if to compensate for his impaired right vision.
After hair-cut
Well, that’s all I have to say about Benji Boy. Since it’s still the year of the dog of the Lunar calendar, let’s Benji wish you a lovely dog year. Whatever’s left of it.
That hat was hand-made by my ingenious Daddy. Who’s the pretty boy now?
