A four-pound puppy is upending our lives! In a good way, I think, but it’s hard to think while chronically sleep-deprived.
My wife and I are in our early 60s, with health problems. We’ve always had two or three rescue dogs, but we’ve never had a puppy. I myself was raised by a dog-breeding mother and had to care for many puppies, but I haven’t had one myself in 50 years.
On March 5th, our greatly beloved albino Doberman Angel died of a heart attack. www.dailykos.com/…
We solemnly decided to wait a long time before getting another dog. We didn’t. We had long walks and on March 26th we made a solemn decision not to get a puppy. On March 27th we traveled to Gettysburg, PA and bought a puppy! That’s called a folie a deux. Or hopefully a miracle in the long term.
All of our other dogs have been mutts/rescues, but this one is a beautiful, purebred poodle. We’re not going to show her or breed her or register with the American Kennel Club, but we could. She’s an apricot miniature and will probably top out at about 20 pounds. After much thought, we named her Genevieve, after St. Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, France, who famously talked Attila the Hun out of sacking the city. Of course we call her Jenny.
Our dignified 10-year-old male poodle Max (now “Uncle Max”), who has some significant health problems, is being greatly challenged. It’s probably good for him.
It’s absolutely incredible how much energy a healthy 3-month-old puppy has! Our house is a hurricane of dragged debris, shoes, toys, tennis balls, more shoes, all kinds of lawn gradoo, etc. And we’re having mixed success with house-training.
I’ve had to completely change my sleeping schedule, going to sleep now before 10 or 11 p.m. (instead of 2 or 3 a.m.), because The Puppy is going to be gnawing and scratching with wet paws on my groin at 6:30 a.m. This is a good test of Christian charity.
So the point of the diary: There have been many horror movies based on innocent figures like dolls or clowns who turn out to be evil murderous demons. This begs the question: why has there never been a horror movie made called THE PUPPY!
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