Andrea decided to board a sleeper coach. She called confirming the same and also warned about the disturbance in our routine, especially with Manali's board exams fast approaching. She also offered to get Sasha in the month of May and added she will never be able to forgive herself, if Manali would be disturbed due to her stay and also getting Sasha with her. We both (my husband and me), were quiet confident about handling another dog and were blissfully unaware of the impending danger. We thought, she is unnecessarily being polite and portraying a scary picture in our minds and we took the risk thinking, it is just January now and that we would adjust our life style handling both the dogs much sooner and overruled all her suggestions and told her to come in January itself.
Andrea was relieved probably and decided to board the afternoon sleeper coach from Borivali on the 24th Jan 2013 after finishing her morning College lectures. As planned she was at the designated bus stop with Sasha and even purchased a ticket for Sasha. She booked two adjoined berths, so both would be comfortable.
She boarded the bus and called me confirming it. After a few minutes she was interrupted by someone and she told me she would call me later. Then almost for an hour or so, I did not hear from her. I got worried, wondering if is not allowed to board.
As anticipated, the bus operator denied her entry with her dog Sasha, but with the tickets in hand and Andrea's patience to convince them, she was allowed to board finally and their journey to Bangalore started.
Borivali to Bangalore is almost 24 hours of journey. I did not here anything from Andrea until she almost reached Bangalore. She was to call me, informing which stop she would get down. Finally, I called her and she informed me to come to Anandrao Circle and that the bus would reach their in just half an hour their. I got panicked and drove a little fast to reach in time. And I actually did. After 5-10 mins of wait, I saw a red coloured bus as Andrea had described and knew it was this.
The bus passed ahead of me and started following it, just a few metres ahead it came to a halt. I could see Andrea getting down from the bus with Sasha. Sasha was too confused seeing so many people around and was profusely barking. She even tried to snap at some passerby. Andrea was finding it difficult to control her. I couldn't get down of the car and hence informed a group of boys standing near the car to call the lady with the dog. And then came both in the car, relieved to catch them in time and get them in car.
First time, I saw Sasha. She looked very skinny, worked up and irritated. She has a scarf tied on her mouth and a plastic muzzle over it. I greeted both of them, Sasha tried to snap at me too. I took it lightly. Both were on the back seat and I was driving. Andrea called to inform her mom and her brother about her safe journey and having reached Bangalore. She told me about her journey experience and with the ongoing conversation we finally reached home.
Manali was at home and I called her before reaching home, to get Tasha out of the house, so that Sasha and Tasha meet on the road i.e on a neutral ground. She did accordingly and as expected Tasha started barking, smelling a dog and later facing each other got much louder.
Andrea was tired and being week and could not control her and had no patience to hold her firmly on leash. She just wanted to leave Sasha loose and hence put her inside the compound. And thus the introduction of the 2 dogs was extremely brief and abrupt.
Seeing Sasha so closely for the first time, I feared and realized its going to be tough and also remembered a quote read sometime back, which goes as follows;
“A dog reflects the family life.
Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one?
Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
Absolutely not knowing then, it would lead to such a disaster in days to come.
To be continued.......
Andrea was relieved probably and decided to board the afternoon sleeper coach from Borivali on the 24th Jan 2013 after finishing her morning College lectures. As planned she was at the designated bus stop with Sasha and even purchased a ticket for Sasha. She booked two adjoined berths, so both would be comfortable.
She boarded the bus and called me confirming it. After a few minutes she was interrupted by someone and she told me she would call me later. Then almost for an hour or so, I did not hear from her. I got worried, wondering if is not allowed to board.
As anticipated, the bus operator denied her entry with her dog Sasha, but with the tickets in hand and Andrea's patience to convince them, she was allowed to board finally and their journey to Bangalore started.
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| Clicked in the bus on 24/01/2013 |
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| Clicked in the bus on 24/01/2013 |
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| Clicked in the bus on 24/01/2013 |
The bus passed ahead of me and started following it, just a few metres ahead it came to a halt. I could see Andrea getting down from the bus with Sasha. Sasha was too confused seeing so many people around and was profusely barking. She even tried to snap at some passerby. Andrea was finding it difficult to control her. I couldn't get down of the car and hence informed a group of boys standing near the car to call the lady with the dog. And then came both in the car, relieved to catch them in time and get them in car.
First time, I saw Sasha. She looked very skinny, worked up and irritated. She has a scarf tied on her mouth and a plastic muzzle over it. I greeted both of them, Sasha tried to snap at me too. I took it lightly. Both were on the back seat and I was driving. Andrea called to inform her mom and her brother about her safe journey and having reached Bangalore. She told me about her journey experience and with the ongoing conversation we finally reached home.
Manali was at home and I called her before reaching home, to get Tasha out of the house, so that Sasha and Tasha meet on the road i.e on a neutral ground. She did accordingly and as expected Tasha started barking, smelling a dog and later facing each other got much louder.
Andrea was tired and being week and could not control her and had no patience to hold her firmly on leash. She just wanted to leave Sasha loose and hence put her inside the compound. And thus the introduction of the 2 dogs was extremely brief and abrupt.
Seeing Sasha so closely for the first time, I feared and realized its going to be tough and also remembered a quote read sometime back, which goes as follows;
“A dog reflects the family life.
Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one?
Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
Quoted by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Case-Book of
Sherlock Holmes
Absolutely not knowing then, it would lead to such a disaster in days to come.To be continued.......
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