Animal Kingdom update May.
I haven't been home a lot in May.
As usual there has been comers and goers in the animal kingdom.
I've had cracking aviary built for the birds of prey. It looks awesome in the garden. It's not been without stress though. The Thai bloke who built it didn't turn up every day and it took longer than expected. Also, on closer inspection one of the doors didn't close 100% properly. You had to jiggle it about. The Bangkeaw dog is always trying to get in there and kill the birds. Standard practice in this mad house.
Anyway, one night it manages to open the lose door. I'm not sure what happened. The White Kite either escaped and flew away or got eaten. Nobody will ever know.
Bangkeaw also killed another rabbit. Dunno why Porno keeps buying them but she does.
Totally given up with fish. Life expectancy here is less than 24 hours. Either dogs, those bastard white stork birds or Porno's kid kills them by switching the electric off.
Still got my lovely other birds of prey. I'll take some pictures tomorrow.
One Black kite and one Brahminy Kite. They are really big now and proper nasty bastards. Look fantastic though.
The copy German Shepherd is doing fine. Quite a good dog really. Bit skittish and will bite but thats not a bad thing out here.
Now the Bangkeaw.
These dogs are really difficult to keep. Fk me if ever a dog ruined an owner this Bangkeaw has broken me.
They are just so....well so Thai.
It's impossible to train. It will just about sit if you offer it food or something and then only for a second. It runs off, it doesn't come back, it's totally fearless and oblivious to pain, it's vicious, it's destructive, it's anti social, it loves rolling around in shit and it will kill anything it comes in contact with.
However, a more faithful dog you will never find. It will not leave my side when I'm home. As I type this she's laying at my feet.
I got home last week to the great news that shes tried to dig a hole in my leather settee and it's fucked. Shes also eaten the TV cabinet. I can either live with half eaten furniture, buy new and watch it get destroyed or lose the dog.
Then, out of the blue we came home to find a dead Cobra on the drive. OK, it wasn't that big but I was happier to see it dead. Bangkeaw had done it in. We live at the back of a lake and do get snakes and other nasties in the garden and house.
On top of that my friend came round last week to drop something off. We were out so he tried to put it in the garden. He told me the dog went mental and looked like something out of the Omen. He was terrified and didn't come in.
Just those points make her worth having here.
I love her to bits but she is a bastard. No wonder they don't have them in UK.
Went to Chatuchak last Sunday.
Saw a really rare owl for sale. 25,000 baht. I wanted it but funds a bit low after the UK holiday.
Did see another hawk but by the time I got back from ATM it had sold. Probably a good thing. Need to get bloke back to fix the cage door or it will only escape lke the other one.
Im on the lookout for another Akita.
Watch this space.
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