stay, stay, stay, stay, stay
She was so calm. She was so little and runt-ish. And for two days she didn’t even bark and we bragged to people. BRAGGED. I think Arun and I even high-fived to celebrate our good fortune in finding a mellow shelter dog. Claudia, Hazel named her. A sophisticated name. Regal, one of the moms at Hazel’s school said to me. Then fate laughed at us. And not a giggle – a full blown belly laugh, with tears. Haha, fate said. Just wait.
On Saturday she spent a portion of the day barking at the television. Which wasn’t on. The same day she showed me how she likes to dig, which she does now spontaneously. It doesn’t matter if she’s in bed. She just digs at the sheets, a dog possessed, as though trying to rescue someone from rubble.
Then she chewed up all the charade cards from Hazel’s charade game. Sounds like… Rhymes with… Wait, wait, I got it, I got it. Crazy.
When she runs after you, she skitters around corners, her back legs sliding out sideways like a semi on ice. When she jumps on the bed, she makes it only 50% of the time. The other 50% you see a flash of ears and then the sound of her sliding down the side of the bed. If she makes it, she hops like a rabbit, hop, hop, hop, towards you. A terrifying, fast moving, largish rabbit. She comes at you so fast – a wall of beige dog - and all the air goes out of the room because you’re like, NO NOT MY FACE. So you hide under the covers and she finds your hair and starts combing it with her teeth.
I hear little dogs live a really long time.
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Wow – good luck! Maybe you need the dog whisperer.
Dogs and I have had a tenuous relationship over the years. Every once in a while I meet a nice one, but they’re not for me. I’m more of a cat person.
I think she’s adorable! Maybe she and Arun should enter some agility contests to use all that energy… If all else fails… Dog Whisperer!
Wow, very funny post! That made me laugh but good.
Yesterday my dog shat all over my guest room and distibuted it all over my clothes, shoes and various other possessions – files, important papers, etc – but he’s eleven, so, you know. Time is fleeting and everything. You, on the other hand, have so much ahead of you. Enjoy!