Digestive Biscuits and chilli crisps

Saffie and Goldie have just shown off their true selves! They are criminals, starting with petty thieving but that can all too easily lead to the bigger stuff!
We are staying away from home. i went upstairs to get changed for an event and saw first Goldie and then Saffie in the double bedroom. Saffie was invisible at first because she was almost hidden in the corner . I thought what's she up to. both had their ears pricked in happy but slightly guilty expressions, or was at just me reading guilt in their faces? Then I saw the cause, right under Saffie's nose was a very wet and chewed up empty packet of chocolate digestives belonging to our friends! Goldie and Saffie both got a smack and a tell off. And all was then ok, or not quite ok actually! Later on when we got back from our event we gave them each a nice dog chew as they'd been very good during the event. I thought they'd take about 30 mins to eat it but Goldie ate his in 5 mins! That was the start of a chaotic few minutes starting with Goldie being very sick then as I tried to clear that up Saffie secretly found and ate her way throuh a big bag of chilli pepper crisps that we'd opened earlier to enjoy as our own treat! She did it so quickly and furtively no one even heard the rustle of the bag! What an evening menu! Choccie digestives followed by their usual dinners followed by the drama of Goldie being sick and both of them shunted speediy outside, followed by chilli crisps! You may laugh and think 'oh dogs will be dogs' and that's very true, but its me who will have to chase them round with the poo bags tomorrow!
But nevertheless I love them all to bits!

Doorbells

The doorbell rings and a river of gold surges down the hall.  I haven't personally heard it but guess someone must be there.   Just last week I attended a residential course on listening skills and we were thinking about the importance of noticing body language!  Well it's not too hard to interpret this body language! But I can't go to the door yet.  Will Goldie remember to ignore  the other 2 dogs and come to tell me the door has rung?  I stand at the far end of the kitchen and wait, hoping the person outside will have the patience to wait too!  Three excited golden bodies rush and surge by the door.  Will he remember?  Ah joy!  A head turns round, gazes back up the hallway, meets my eye and revelation dawns!  Next moment he is hurtling back toiwards me.  A huge wet nudge with his nose on my leg and as I say, all puzzled, 'What is it?'  back he rushes to the door again.  With tail wagging and excited sniffing he rejoins his friends.  I push my way through the golden sea and open the door.  Relief!  the long waiting visitor is still with me.  'Good Boy! You've done it!  A treat pops into his waiting mouth, always open like a baby bird's!
It's quite a feat even for a human to ignore what is natural and expected and go against the tide to do something different.  On this occasion Goldie got 10/10!