She is getting more and more mischievous. Right now she's doing one of her most favorite things, she is mutilating a dead chicken.. one of those fake rubber ones. She has decided it's fun to pick at it's Feet and watch it squirm. She has learned to torture it and roll it around while standing on it like a lumberjack in a log-rolling contest.
She stands on it as if in triumph over it, pretending she's a "Chicken-slayer" and picking at the poor dead thing then watching it wiggle it in it's death throes. She's getting into trouble more and more frequently. She just knocked over a bunch, a stack of AA rechargeable batteries, sounded like a shelf collapsed. She went down with it but landed on top (flew).
It's like she went from a sweet cuddly irresistible little cooing baby directly into her "terrible two's" and now is a reckless carefree crazy teenager, and she coos so sweetly while being mischievous. She is SOOOoooo bold and confident of herself. She's quite a risk-taker. She even harasses Tuna the cat. She seems to thrive on a challenge and has no fear of anything and she gets quite stubborn too.
I have had to rescue her quite a few times when she gets in trouble, then she gets embarrassed, then she hates it when I laugh at her. She flies away and sulks for a while. Apologizing to her does no good.
Spot and I have totally bonded, Inseparable. Never more than an arms length away or sitting on the back of the 1974 Mustang chair
She talks (coos) a lot. She has learned how to tell me what she wants or needs (like food/water, treats, etc). She sits on the edge of my desk STAREing at the little container of her favorite treat, until I give in and give some to her. She flies to my hand before I can even open the container.
It's bad enough having Bert the Chicken pushing me around and telling me what to do, now I have a smart-ass little 4oz Dove doing the same thing. She often sits up high in the open door of her castle cooing and smugly surveying her personal private kingdom (including her serfs = Ace) as if she is the ultimate "King of the world". SO proud of herself.
But mostly she is still a very sweet gentle peaceful Dove who loves to sit on the keyboard or my hands, arms or shoulder and nibbles at me, and then settles down fluffs herself up and takes a nap. She is very loving, sweet, gentle and affectionate, a treasure and a pleasure to have around. Always comical and entertaining.
SHE:
Loves to sit on Ace's chair and pull his hair.
Loves to sit on the keyboard, stomp on the backspace key and erase all that Ace has written.
Loves to sit in front of the monitor, block the view, and read your blogs.
Slides down a slippery magazine cover just for fun.
Landed on a model of the International Space Station hanging from the ceiling and broke it.
Peeked into a web cam and got her eye broadcast on the internet.
Chases away the cursor on the monitor and tries to catch it.
Sits on the mouse to keep it from moving.
Throws SD memory chips on the floor.
Tries to yank cables from the computer.
Landed in my mashed potatos. Mashed potato on her beak
Actually likes to be hugged, then she coos like a Dove.
Below are examples of her typing skills (compiled from various sessions)
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and pppprrrrrrrrrdddddyy-bbbiiiiirrrdyyyyy (Just kidding).
She's taking another nap now. Ace is sad because he and Karen are going to the Bayfield Apple Festival Fri-Sun and Spot may be a lonesome dove. Ace and the Dove have never been separated that long. Ace will be lonesome too.
