It's a dog's day everyday

I have a severe aversion to wasting food. That's because I know the effort it takes to cook an entire wholesome meal now. When I was younger, I pretty much didn't think twice before saying I didn't enjoy something on the dinner table.

But now, the tables like the always do at least once in life, have turned.

Not only do I hate the idea of wasting food, I revel in the idea of feeding uneaten food to my guard dogs.

Let me elaborate, this year when we moved to Kanpur we were allotted a nice big army bungalow to live in. But, along with the house came a family of dogs (who lived outside, not inside the house).
It didn't seem right to chase them away, they had been here since before us anyway.
So, I decided to make them my personal guard dogs.

This family of dogs who stick close to the main door of the house consists of a white and brown mother, a brown father, 2 white and brown little boys and one brown little girl. One of the white - brown boys has become my favourite because he is mild by nature and responds to everything I say quite happily. The others have a typical territorial sense and fight for food and space constantly.

So anyway, my day here usually includes collecting every morsel of uneaten food irrespective of what it is and how much it is through the day. The dogs outside are given a healthy breakfast which is usually a meal of bread, some milk, water of course and lots of leftover rice, rotis, vegetables etc. A thorough wholesome diet indeed.

And then in the evening, they are pampered with the remains of a our midday lunch. Every day. Every single day. Outside this house, it is indeed a dog's life every day.

Furthermore, since we live in a Bungalow here, I have placed chairs on the lawn outside. Which of course are now used by all the dogs daily. Then, the lawn itself acts like their spa while they dust, roll and clean themselves in it. The soothing miles of green grass and soft soil makes their day.

Then of course there is the occasional peacock, pea hen, snake and scorpion that are a part of my life and therefore theirs. The fact that they can chase these other intruders and keep the house "safe" and "wild animal free" gives them a purpose.

Even if this city has it's many ups and many downs, I'm glad that I can at least make it a dog's day everyday.