Jake might be coming to stay for the weekend! Maybe.

Ok, so ... I walked him again today. He was a little angel as usual Had him on the extendable lead, he was running around like crazy, but I noticed when I called him he totally ignored me. I tried calling, whistling, clapping etc. and he didnt even seem to hear me. After I reeled him back in (lol), I tried clapping again. He didnt seem to hear that either, even though it was only inches from his head. He did hear when I called his name though, but I had to almost yell it, and he just turned his head and looked at me.

I think he might be deaf, or losing his hearing. Either that or he's been ignored so much that he totally switches off to people calling him. I mentioned this to his owner. She said 'Yeah, he is a bit deaf'. Well no, actually her exact words were 'Yeah, he is a bit deaf. He's a bit stupid too.'

Grrr. I can't tell you how much I hate this woman. She had her kid with her and it was eating a huge candy bar (the kid is probably around 5) and she's really spolied. She kept whining 'I want an ice cream mummy, I want this, I want that' and she was pulling my hair And Jakes owner was just laughing saying 'of course baby, whatever you want you can have darling' I was very tempted to say 'Maybe if you gave your kid a little less attention and your dog a bit more, you'd have a happier family' but refrained from doing so.

Anyway, where was I? Yeah, the point is that he might be deaf, or losing his hearing. So my new question is how do you socialise and train a 9 year old, unneutered, possibly deaf dog.

*sigh* I hope he's not deaf, poor baby

The good news however, is that she's going away next weekend, and wants to know if I can have Jake for the weekend, because he doesnt like being in the kennels (I'm surprised she even knows that about him, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if she just left him chained up with food and water when she went away, but I guess even she isnt that stupid)

So im thinking this could be my chance to persuade my Mom to let me have him! I haven't asked her if he can stay the weekend yet but im almost sure she'll say yes. I've wormed and flea shampooed him, so he can meet my other dogs. They are all friendly so they'll hopefully get on fine. Once she see's what a sweet boy he is, im hoping shell say yes to having him.

I think it might work, I really do. Its not the having another dog that bothers her, its wether he'll get on with the others, settle in etc. This is my chance to prove that he can.

I know its not until next weekend but I'm really excited. Please pray that it works out!

Amy

Ps. Sorry for the super long post!