Doggone love..will it work out?

I was going through some photos I had and came across these.. thought I'll put them up here with the story behind them..

At home, we have this dude called Chico, also known as Dingiri Appo. He's a blonde lab/ alsatian and has almost nothing upstairs (this was the way he was born, apparently). He doesn't know he's a dog, and thinks he's human (I think). He used to have gender issues and couldn't decide if he should pee like a boy or a girl and for a long time did it both ways, depending on the mood. I'm not sure if he has resolved these issues since I haven't seen him in a few months! He also insists that we include him in anything and everything we do - including the "family discussions". For eg, when a few of us pounce on a topic and sit around talking, wherever he may be, Dingiri Appo, aka Chico, comes running in, heaves himself onto his chair (to which ownership has been claimed by force) and sits there with a face expression which says okay-you-can-start-talking-now-that-I'm-here-and-all. This is a classic example:

This particular photo though was taken by Turtle earlier this year, during one of Dingiri Appo's mad fits (which he has right after a bath) hence the kinda themichcha kukula look around the neck!

Anyways, earlier this year, Dingiri Appo was on a desperate girlfriend search. He developed a thing for a girl doggy who was quite, quite unacceptable to the family. So after many attempts to convince him of her unsuitability, it was decided that we must introduce him to someone more suitable. So, answering an ad in Kelaniya for a "free to good home" girl dog, we went and fetched her for Dingiri. This potential-girlfriend is called Timmy (yes, after the Famous Five Timmy - we didn't choose the name, the previous owners did) and her most beautiful feature is that she has white whiskers on the right side of her face and black whiskers on the left like so:

Is it any wonder it was love at first sight for Dingiri Appo? (sometimes he's so arrested by her, he even forgets to pick up his empty-plastic-bottle-toy and run around like a mad thing):

But

, perhaps we got the nakatha, etc wrong, for she rejected him outright at the time. Poor Dings! Now, however, I've been told, they are friends and take their siesta, etc, together like so:

So in conclusion, fingers crossed, here's hoping that she'll come around in time and they'll live happily ever after as dog man and wife.

(All pics courtesy of the

Turtle)