small blessings ~ start
our house is not complete without dogs...
as far as i can remember, we've always had 1 or 2 lazing around our feet. and as the youngest in the family, somehow, it always fell into my lot to do the feeding, bathing & other messy stuff that comes along with having pets.
no complaints though, cause i always end up being top dog in the eyes of the "pack" i'm minding!
the most i had to care for was when we kept 3 pups from a litter of our shitzu and spitz. i mean, i didn't know then that an 8 month old spitz could already romance a 5 year old shitzu!
with 3 grown up fuzzballs and the mom and dad in the house, there were 5 of them all clamoring for a space in my lap! :) those were really busy fun days.
over the years, i've had to bear the heart breaks of losing them one by one. 2 from the dog food mess 8 or so years ago. 1 last year. the 15 yr old mom early this year. and, the hardest loss is the one who joined his family in doggy heaven last June. i look at the photos taken of them and chuckle, remembering the events leading to the captured moment. i feel the wrench of sadness that i can't reach out to scratch their ears or tummies anymore....
i moped around a lot after Kaoru passed last June. i missed having to skirt around his bulky mound when going to the toilet. i missed him licking my hand whenever it flopped outside the bed. i missed him skipping when i brought his meal. i missed...and missed...and missed... i felt so sad.
and then i decided, it's time to look for a new pet! My doggy pals have spoiled me too much in the past, there's no way I can be without one by my side.... and so my search begun.
as far as i can remember, we've always had 1 or 2 lazing around our feet. and as the youngest in the family, somehow, it always fell into my lot to do the feeding, bathing & other messy stuff that comes along with having pets.
no complaints though, cause i always end up being top dog in the eyes of the "pack" i'm minding!
the most i had to care for was when we kept 3 pups from a litter of our shitzu and spitz. i mean, i didn't know then that an 8 month old spitz could already romance a 5 year old shitzu!
with 3 grown up fuzzballs and the mom and dad in the house, there were 5 of them all clamoring for a space in my lap! :) those were really busy fun days.
over the years, i've had to bear the heart breaks of losing them one by one. 2 from the dog food mess 8 or so years ago. 1 last year. the 15 yr old mom early this year. and, the hardest loss is the one who joined his family in doggy heaven last June. i look at the photos taken of them and chuckle, remembering the events leading to the captured moment. i feel the wrench of sadness that i can't reach out to scratch their ears or tummies anymore....
i moped around a lot after Kaoru passed last June. i missed having to skirt around his bulky mound when going to the toilet. i missed him licking my hand whenever it flopped outside the bed. i missed him skipping when i brought his meal. i missed...and missed...and missed... i felt so sad.
and then i decided, it's time to look for a new pet! My doggy pals have spoiled me too much in the past, there's no way I can be without one by my side.... and so my search begun.