There were seven dogs: Tikki, Bloemie (meaning \u2018flower\u2019 in Afrikaans), Bokiche, one Ethan nicknamed \u201cBiggie,\u201d and the other three: a little old dog a year or two younger than the blind and deaf Bokiche, a spotted mutt in the back (I\u2019ll call him Captain), and Biggie\u2019s sister. Biggie and his sister (I\u2019ll call her Rooijana) are the puppies of Mr. and Mrs. Koster\u2019s Bessie and Tannie Marietjie\u2019s brother\u2019s dog (I\u2019ll call him Dennye), making them the siblings of one of Mr. and Mrs. Koster\u2019s other dogs (I\u2019ll call him Max).<\/p>\n
Biggie looks almost exactly like Dennye, except Biggie is slightly smaller and is more yellow than gold. Rooijana looks like Bessie and Max; all three are black. Bloemie was the cute Jack Russell terrier. She joined Rooijana and Biggie in licking Ethan\u2019s face dirty. He had, after all, tried to drown himself by attempting to swim across the dam, so it had<\/em> been clean.<\/p>\n When Oom Dennis and Dad had discovered the front right tire to be a bit flat, we decided to pay Tannie Marietjie\u2019s friends a visit. Who knew that they would have seven dogs?<\/p>\n Tikki and Bloemie fought the most. Well, Bloemie fought Tikki the most. She would grab one of Tikki\u2019s ears and hang on, swinging to and fro. When we arrived, Bokiche\u2019s look-alike disappeared into the house after barking at us. It took us a while to realize Captain\u2019s presence. He never came out to play. Bokiche never really interacted with us, only smelling my hand.<\/p>\n Now Ethan and I want dogs even more\u2026<\/p>\n Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There were seven dogs: Tikki, Bloemie (meaning \u2018flower\u2019 in Afrikaans), Bokiche, one Ethan nicknamed \u201cBiggie,\u201d and the other three: a little old dog a year or two younger than the blind and deaf Bokiche, a spotted mutt in the back … Continue reading