Scooby is not well. He's got a tumour in his front paw, and it cannot be removed or cured permanently, in spite of repeated efforts. and now, the tumour has spread to other parts too. It seems like he will not survive for long.
Scoobs is a part of our family. He's been with us for more than 10 years now. He came to us as a very weak puppy, nobody expected him to live very long. He had a deformity in his paw due to some deficiency and it was painful to him to put weight on his paw. The vet said that he would not be able to walk or even stand beyond the age of one year. But Scoobs not only survived, but he stood on his own four feet, jumped, ran about and had all the fun in the world. He might be 10 years old, that's 80 dog years, but he has the heart of a baby. He still rolls over like a little pup expecting a tummy rub, or an ear scratch. His eyes still twinkle on seeing us whenever I or B. go home. He still has a voracious appetite. Touchwood. B. tells me that he manages to fool everyone in the house and makes a proper meal out of his early morning snack of two rotis. See, everytime he sees someone go into the kitchen, he starts asking for food. So, Ma will give him a couple of rotis, then the maid, and then B. Then he also gobbles his morning meal at 10. Sometimes he will eat so much that he'll have an upset stomach, but he'll keep eating nevertheless.
Last we heard, he has also begun to understand our language, and not just our gestures or the intonation, and not just dog type commands like 'sit', 'stay', or 'go'. It happened like this. Ma and B. were sitting outside in the verandah and Scooby, as usual, was trying to get them to scratch his ear. He wags his tail a lot when he does this. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Ma says,"Scooby, teen baar poonch hilao." Wag your tail 3 times. And Scooby goes one swish, two swish, three swish, stop.
They thought it was just a coincidence. So B. says,"Scooby, upar dekho." Look up. And Scoobs starts staring at the tubelight.
Again they say,"Scooby, do baar poonch hilao." Wag your tail twice. Scooby goes one, two, stop.
So basically we are convinced that he has begun to understand our language. Too late? We don't think so. We are thrilled that he has.
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I was shcked (in a happy way!) when 'B' came back from home and told me the tail wagging incident.
I went to your place for holi once. B used to talk about scooby like he was a little cuddly pup. So I enter the gate, see him and my heart skips a beat. I stop mid way and go, "Scooby is so BIG yaa!". She still makes fun of my facial expression in that moment :P
I stayed there for two days and realised that he really is a cuddly pup at heart and a VERY important part of your amazing family!
I really hope he gets well super soon.
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