Why I am allowing a "Thief" in our midst

It's official, I am crazy , not a shred of doubt left in my mind.......or anything else for that matter. The little Black & White Greyhound Shonny is staying. We have decided not to change her name too much (she hardly listens to the one she has, better to stick with it). So from now on she is SHANI .... sounds the same as Shonny BUT is a Swahili word that means "Marvelous".

Pretty appropriate considering she is possibly the cutest puppy on earth. Note the use of "Puppy", she is very badly behaved and is a dreadful thief. Should probably should be named "Kleptomaniac". She steals EVERYTHING and puts it out on the lawn. Wake up in the morning and go to put your shoes on ........whaaa??? guess what .........they are on the lawn. Everything goes to the wet lawn. Items on the list include:

Teaspoons
Remote Controls
Glasses
Brushes
Shoes
Clothing
DVD's
Books
Items from Recycle bin

The other night I woke up to the gentle sound of splintering plastic.....there was little bugger chewing up a book and a hard plastic covered diary. A's friend came for a sleepover and bought some Cupcake....she left them in A's room....I came in to find our little "Thief" with icing and little crumbs everywhere....she wags her tail when you discover her.


I wonder why I am doing this to myself? Well in amongst the destruction she is lovable to the extreme. Cuddles us gently and is so sweet. Also strangely Karma adores her?? Karma is not really a dog and so does not bother to play with dogs, she prefers human company. Despite Shani grabbing the limelight, Karma will share her bed, her bowl, her food and her humans....seems to me she has also fallen under the little "Witches" spell. It is to be expected as she is not even 2 years old yet, her birthday is on the 4th October.

Some afternoons we take the greys and go up to a local school sports field that is completely fenced. J holds the two dogs, I go about 300m down the field and then call them. J lets go.........and they're off.....two streaks of dog whizz past , do a big circle (can't stop when they are at full tilt) and then sprint back to J, and then back to me. They are then all tuckered out, on go the leads and off we go to "graze" on their favourite grass. Home to rest and no destruction occurs for about 2 hours. I must tell you they are fast...........even old Karma who I thought was over it.......she loves it and day after day she is getting quicker , who knows she may soon out sprint the "Whippersnapper".

So that's why I am going to allow this destructive pup to stay, she has stolen all our hearts. Karma's vote is yes so we have to go with it. She chases and plays with the cats. They just ignore her now or give her swat on the snout to remind her of her place. The Siamese are not afraid of her or bothered by her and this is a big plus. Kitten shares a bedroom with her at night and they are firm friends now. She will outgrow this chewing and stealing.........and then be the most stunning dog ...........after Karma that is.........