Scooby used to Cuckoo instead of Bow-Wow
We live in Coimbatore and had a fawn labrador named Scooby, he was such an adorable and disciplined pet. We never used the word DOG for him. I used to correct my children too when they initially used the word DOG.
We have an empty plot next to our house with a lot of trees. So a Koel-the Cuckoo bird used to sit on the tree and coo every morning. Scooby learnt that sound as a pup and whenever he wanted to call us he would coo. It was strange how he could imitate the sound of a bird, that was his grasping power.
He could understand all instructions and he loved to listen to our conversations. He loved fruits, vegetable and would fuss only for banana and idly’s. But if idly was given with coconut chutney as my son used to offer, he would gulp it in a minute. He was a voracious eater and his size bore testimony to that.
Once we hosted a group of people at our house from the girls side relating to marriage. Scooby barks the moment he sees an unknown person. So I had told him about this and requested him not to bark when we have them at our place. To everyones utter surprise Scooby remained silent till they left for nearly two hours with no indication of a Dog at home. This obedience of him speaks for itself how adorable he was.
Unfortunately we lost him to cancer on13th December, 2013. Though we had him operated twice he left us shattering in pain. Those 7 years he showed us what true unconditional love is.
Article by Vasanthi John
