Shadow, the Sneaky Puff Adder

Shadow is a sneaky puff adder (*) and has caused mayhem in my office today. Each dog has his or her own place and usually peace reigns when we are working. However this morning for reasons best known to Shadow he used his right of elder statesman and took Valentines place under my desk, regardless of the fact that he is too big for the space.

Valentine was totally put out.

I suspect that as a result of the abuse she suffered as a puppy coupled with the fact that she is mostly German Shepard, she is not the most stable of dogs. She has been a thorough going nuisance all morning being utterly unable to settle. She in turn unsettled Apache, the dancing dalmation, who is usually an amiable easy going fellow. Shadow remained oblivious to calls, bones and biscuits temptations and pretended to be far deafer than he actually is. He refused to budge.

He, however, has moved into the sun this afternoon and mercifully peace is restored.

Here are some pictures of the disrupters of the peace......

Shadow the sneaky puff adder

Apache the dancing dalmation and Valentine in a mood

Apache looking handsome and Shadow

(*) I have no idea why we use the expression "sneaky puff adder" as puff adders are not sneaky snakes and mostly will give plenty of noisy warning before striking at some one who ventures to close for their comfort. They are very venomous but really pretty snakes as this picture shows.