Baby has been declared 'Vizaac ni jackal' by my grand-aunt. Thats in Gujarati. In English, it means she is a jackal from Vishakapatnam. When my aunt lived there, when she'd be sitting outside her home to chill, she'd see random jackals running. Thats pretty much similar to the sight everyone who lives at my place is used to. Except that we don't need to sit outside, and we also cuddle with and feed said jackal who is also nicknamed 'Attapattu' (said real fast like 'atpatu')...
Baby is always running, with mounds of enthusiasm. Every time Baby runs, its with the emotion of 'I have to run NOW, or i will die.' While running, she needs to have something in her mouth, that doesn't belong to her but is stolen. The only one of her belongings that she runs with is a sock, which she'd gladly abandon for one of our chappals or a dirty cloth or a bed sheet or cotton or a shoe or even 1.5 kg dumbbells for that matter. Baby sometimes wets her paws in the bathroom, and then adds some skidding to the running. And then after all the running she refuses to sleep. Its because she desperately needs to look out of the windows. To calm her down, our plan of action is quite simple. Give her a bone or the ball and shut all windows. We shut the windows because she looks out with the ball/bone in her mouth, which she unconsciously drops and then becomes confused.
When does Baby sleep then? Baby very conveniently sleeps when its time to eat lunch or dinner. When yelled at ('KHAANA KHAO!!!') she wags her tail, widens her eyes, licks herself and gives excuses. The entire body language at that point of time clearly states that forcing her to eat would be of no use as she was too sleepy/only wants to play and she would not co-operate. Then maybe after a couple of hours she'll eat, more likely she won't though. Once Baby is asleep she is the most angelic thing you'd see. You can fall asleep beside her/on her/below her and she will be most happy. She never falls asleep in an empty room, she prefers being near family members (who she attacks when she wakes up for some reason). Baby's favourite pre-nap activity would be nibbling on whatever is in reach.
And then, she's awake and running.
When baby's bladder/rectum sends signals to her brain she trots into the bathroom secretly, does what she needs to and then comes out wagging her tail but looking very guilty, she feels she has done something wrong. But its a very momentary feeling because the next second she begins to search for something to devour. A very common sight is baby running into the room and then looking at you , expecting you to play with her or giving the expression of 'Now what can I do here?!'
Other peculiarities of Baby would be:
1. Attacking when you're leaving home.
2. Chasing you if you move a bit fast.
3. Pretending that she's in extreme discomfort by yelping if you try to get her off your bed and also snapping back.
4. Over enthusiasm at your arrival home because of which you end up with nasty scratches.
5. Never learning from punishment.
6. Rarely recognizing regular visitors.
7. Blocking Bingo when he's trying to get to some place.
Baby has more stamina then all 5 members of my family combined. Baby loves each of us very much. She loves the world, and everything it has to offer her.
Kaafi babe bhi hai... I'm so jealous.
