Does anyone in the Pitt/Greene County area (NC) have an extra-tall walk-through baby gate they dont need anymore? I need to create a buffer zone in the house; Tiny Little has resumed trash-talking SpitFyre through the existing gate (in the bedroom doorway), and theres only so much lip that any self-respecting Jack Russell will take from a mouthy Chihuahua... I think adding a second gate in the bathroom door will alleviate the issue, as then the girls wont actually be able to see each other. You may ask, why, specifically, a walk/through extra-tall gate? After all, theyre much more expensive ($50+, typically) than a standard wood-frame latticed baby gate (usually $10-$15). For the answer, Ill have to take you back about a year, to when we were using a basic baby gate... Tiny was lolling around on the bed with her favorite blue dinosaur stuffy, when she noticed SpitFyre sprawled in front of the baby gate, sound asleep. For some reason, this inspired Tiny with a sense of overwhelming rage, and she charged the gate, hurling insults in true Chihuahua fashion. SpitFyre sprang to her tiptoes out of a dead sleep, and whirled in place for a moment, clearly trying to figure out what was going on. Realizing that it was just Tiny sounding off, she snorted, yawned, stretched, and curled back up to resume her nap, ignoring the snarling and barking fiend just inches away (SpitFyre has a much more subtle grasp of the art of insult than our Tiny Little, who prefers to make up in volume what she lacks in sophistication). Doubly incensed, Tiny somehow managed to increase her volume, uttering a series of machine-gun-like shrieks and yaps. Despite being born deaf in her right ear, SpitFyre was unable to ignore the continued taunting. The little white head rose, turned slowly towards Tiny, and leveled an intent gaze of warning...a warning which was completely ignored. Being across the room, I was able to see the moment when SpitFyre finally snapped, but not close enough to catch her. Without a sound, SpitFyre lunged up and over the gate from a prone position, right at Tiny. Tinys one eye flew wide in shock as she realized - too late - that shed gone too far, and shutting her mouth with a click, she spun about and scampered for the safety of the laundry basket in the closet at top speed, SpitFyre snapping at her heels. I knew full well that SpitFyre could have caught Tiny in a single leap if shed really wanted to, so I followed discretely, rather than racing to catch up. The fact that I was giggling uncontrollably over the expression of shock on Tinys little face should be considered completely irrelevant, by the way. I stepped into the closet to see SpitFyre pinning Tiny to the floor on her back, and snarling menacingly into her face. Tiny was quivering and crying, which of course made me feel badly, so I scooped up SpitFyre with a simple, Well, maybe youve finally learned your lesson! So, yeah, thats why I need the extra tall gate...lol
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:54:02 +0000
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