avanta7 | The Phoebe Interview (Reply)

My dear friend Amy has a dog, Cub. Cub has her very own blog, and in Cub's blog, she has been posting interview questions for other dogs of her own or Amy's acquaintance. Phoebe's interview questions are posted here.

Phoebe has dictated her answers to me, and I now post them for the world (and Cub) to share:

Phoebe, you are very fluffy! How does this trait affect your fur maintenance? -- It's funny you should ask! Just yesterday, I had my fur done. My Alpha gave me a bath. Usually he washes me in the kitchen sink, but yesterday he was feeling silly and we both got in the tub. After a bath, the thumbhavers always dry me with a noisy machine that blows hot air. I don't like it very much. But they have to do it that way or my undercoat gets matted up. I get brushed a couple of times a week, too. I don't like that very much either. I'm not a prissy dogglie, although many of my kind are.
I understand you have cats. You look like you're about the same size as these cats. Is that the case, and if so, how do you cope? -- Ha ha ha ha! Both cats are bigger than I am! When my Typist first brought me home, the kitties didn't like me much, which was hard. I cope by staying out of their way, mostly, although I would play with them if they'd let me. I'm a very sociable dogglie and always lived in a pack before. Jacquenetta will now touch noses with me and even sit next to me on the sofa. Mote still won't have anything to do with me. But that's okay. My thumbhavers cuddle me and play with me enough that I don't feel lonely very often. (My Typist is lobbying our Alpha for another little dogglie to keep me company. I don't think she's having much success.)
What is it like to live Out West? -- The sun is closer when it goes down in the evening. And it doesn't rain from the sky much. There are strange rain things that pop up from the grass instead! The first time that happened I got scared and ran for the house. The thumbhavers laughed at me. I pouted, and then they apologized for hurting my feelings. I think they laughed about it some more in their room later on, but I'm not certain.
The question for all dogs: What is one secret of a blissful life that you'd like to share with your thumb-havers? -- Eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty, sleep when you're tired, and play in the grass the rest of the time. But watch out for those pop-up rain things.
Wet or dry food? Explain your answer. -- Wet food? What is this "wet food" of which you speak? There's a kind of food I don't know about? I must have a serious discussion with my Typist!

Ahem. The Typist intends to dodge that discussion.

Now, if anyone -- dog, cat, thumb-haver -- would like to be interviewed by Phoebe or by yours truly, these are the rules:

If you are interested in being interviewed, leave a comment on my blog saying, 'interview me.'
Phoebe (or I) will respond by posting five questions for you. We get to pick the questions.
You will update your blog with a post with your answers to the questions.
You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.