Deciding…
My husband and I agreed to adopt a dog. This was followed by months of discussion. What type of dog would harmonize best with our two cats?
We settled on these dog requirements:
- It should be a puppy, so that it would learn early on to respect cats.
- It shouldn’t mature to larger than thirty pounds, so as not to overwhelm the cats.
- For the sake of our newly planted organic veggie garden, a female, a dog who squats rather than lifts its leg to urinate, would be best.
Adopting…
The list at the forefront of our minds, we rushed to the nearest pound.
After an hour of walking up and down aisles and aisles of sad eyes, we selected a pair!
The two Labrador mix puppies, a sister and a brother, were too adorable to split up.
What were we thinking?! Labrador-mix-anything is bound to grow at least fifty pounds! And two of them?! Even the shelter employee said we were crazy…
Adapting…
Cute, cute, cute! What puppy isn’t cuteness incarnate?!
Within a week, their heart-melting charm, was frozen over by their unbounded annoying-ness.
They trampled the garden, gnawed carpets, ate towels, and slobbered over everything.
They pounced the cats and barked at the people.
They chased away domestic bliss.
Enraged, the kitties soiled our bed and sofa multiple times. Our home stank of impossible to wash out angry-cat pee.
The Payoff…
They made my husband laugh.
Gentleman dog taught himself to pee while squatting.
*** Here’s part one and part three to this post. ***
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Pets are always a source of entertainment! Sometimes good and sometimes not so good.
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lol wise words, Anne 🙂
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Oh dear! But never a dull moment. 😀
Such a fun read. 😀
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I have out lived a lot of dogs and as each one came into my life there was a time of adjustment.
Each one of them became great companions and brought a lot of joy into my life.
Nice post, have a super wonderful day.
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Puppies are a lot like kids, they need to be given meaningful things to do, otherwise they find something for themselves … 😀
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very true — it’s not like they can listen to the radio, read a book, or watch tv to entertain themselves. the happiest ones are either working dogs or those of ourdoor folks
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See, animals have no idea what they look like to us humans, they don’t realize the parameters to their existence in our homes, they just are who they are. We think we choose them, but they choose us right out of the gate, before we humans even know the gate is open. You’re pretty lucky about all your pets – and that gentleman dog who squats – does he also close the lid?
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lolol — now that would be scary smart 🙂
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