I was feeding the bachelors when I heard a commotion.
There was a large lorry with it's engine running in the lane and I could hear the dogs barking from the cottage so I hurried back to see what was going on.
This was 8.30 am this morning.
Two delivery men were standing stock still on the garden path with a heavy radiator between them. They looked worried
For standing between them and the back door was a very angry barking Mary.
" She's come through the cat flap right at us !" One of the men said and he jumped as Winnie ever so slowly forced her face through the flap behind , to see what was going on.
I hurried round and picked Mary up and immediately she quietened down and started tail wagging.
Her job of protecting her home now thankfully over.
The Smallest of all of the dogs, Mary now seems to possess the bravest of hearts.
With me out of the house, it would seem that it was up to her alone to protect the older dogs and Albert from the threat of the dreaded radiator men!
Good for little Mary! Did Winnie not lust after them?
ReplyDeleteI bet she's an absolute terror when her dander is up. Mary and Winnie together must be enough to scare any mortal all the way to Hell and back.
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling dog to do her duty so well.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous story, gorgeous pic of Mary.
ReplyDeletegood girl, mary!
ReplyDeleteThe Radiator Men - invaders from The Lonely Planet - seen off by Hairy Mary, the hound of vengeance.
ReplyDeleteHairy Mary from number 30?
DeleteWhere was that from?
For little Mary everything seems big. A radiator looks like the side of bus looks to you. You to Mary look like a giant.
ReplyDeleteI have to differ...I'm my experience dogs have no comprehension of their size
DeleteNo comprehension of size? Jon, you might be right. Next door's very big collie was frightened of our Ginger Tom and fled whenever they met. Probably thought our cat was a lion.
DeleteIndeed my gutsy cat would punch the big dog next door on the nose every time he tried to take a peek through the fence.Then Poor dog would get a telling off by his owners for winding my sweet pussy up. Rather unfair I thought.
DeleteI am thinking of mrs sloecombe
DeleteGood girl Mary!! Typical terrier and I agree John, dogs do not have comprehension of size. Our tiny terrier would have a go at any size of dog in his path, even in old age (without any teeth). Never understood if he was brave or stupid.
ReplyDeleteBless her, it's the small dogs that are the bravest.
ReplyDeleteAnd then along comes Mary. But, poor Winnie. She doesn't want protecting.
ReplyDeleteShe would be enough to make me want to back up.
ReplyDeleteAwww ... good for her, clever girl.
ReplyDeleteMavis is just starting to be the barker of warnings for us after so long with Rosy in charge and her silently watching on. She has seemingly just realised that she can bark a warning and get praised for it.
She's a trooper!
ReplyDeleteSuch a little treasure!
ReplyDeleteGood work Mary.....small but mighty...... You have no idea what I was thinking when I read your title but it didn't have anything to do with dogs lol.
ReplyDeleteWinnie wouldn't have appreciated that. They were workmen!
ReplyDeleteI think it was last year that it was reported from a county near here that a tiny Yorkie had driven off a black bear. You're right- they do not have any comprehension of their size and in compensation for their small physical beings they have been given huge, huge souls.
ReplyDeleteWell done Mary, hope you get a treat for protecting your pack.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn’t know she is tiny.
ReplyDeleteI am woman hear me roar...!
ReplyDeleteGood for Mary, but Winnie wouldn't have been very pleased if they had been wearing overalls !
ReplyDeleteWell done, Mary! Scared those men silly!
ReplyDelete"The dreaded radiator men" - LOL
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely that she wanted to protect her pack.
Good on ya, Mary! Didn't Winnie slobber all over the men with the radiator?
ReplyDeleteYay Mary. A heart bigger than a mountain.
ReplyDeleteWell done Mary!
ReplyDeleteShe's a terrier now, isn't she!
ReplyDeleteMy Yorkie Poo is dubbed Head of Security.
ReplyDeleteMary sounds like a typical terrier to me. X
ReplyDeleteI have a small dog, rat terrier the size of a cat, and she takes her job of protecting the property seriously.
ReplyDeleteGood girl Mary for protecting the family! Indulge her John with a treat. I use to tell my Pomeranian, Foxy “get the bad people and bad doggies!” It would drive him into a wild protecting barking fit. Aww , I miss Foxy Loxy!
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