The Cat Wrangler AKA Roastateer Dog

Saturday, 30 Oct 2004 | Family, Pets

This morning, Toni, Erin and I were eating breakfast in the dining room. Everyone in this household is female except me. My wife, daughter, two cats (Sheba and Muffin) and a dog are all female. Well, Taffy, our new puppy was herding our cats. She thinks she's some kind of cat herder breed, I'm thinking. It is too funny.

Erin sometimes gets tongue-tied or has trouble pronouncing certain words. She used to call strawberries starberries when she was a toddler. She announced to us the other day that Taffy is Roastateer Dog. We said, "What?" She said, "You know, like roastateer chicken you roast on the fire." She called her that because she was holding her in a position where she was bundled up like a roasted chicken. "Oh, you mean Rotisserie Dog," I exclaimed, laughing. Now I regularly refer to Taffy as Roastateer Dog. I love little family inside jokes like that. :)

Comments

Mary said at 4:58 PM on Saturday, October 30, 2004

Hey! You know, I read your comment about Taffy on dooce, and honestly she looks more Italian Greyhound than chihuahua / dachshund.

She's a doll baby though.

Mary

disneymike said at 9:40 PM on Saturday, October 30, 2004

Thanks for the nice comment, Mary. You could very well be right. The mom is my sister-in-law's dog, a mystery dog, since they found her. So, at best, I'm just guessing. The father was a stray Chihuahua. I'll have to look up Italian Greyhound to see what they look like! :O)

DM said at 7:13 PM on Friday, November 5, 2004

I loved your comment on Dooce about Taffula and then this is great. I love the fact that she's herding the cats. That's so cute.

Ingrid said at 12:01 AM on Thursday, April 14, 2005

Ha, what a hoot... yup, inside family jokes ARE the best.

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