Dog Tales
Or, Help! My Dog is Taking Over My Life...
Zuri is ten weeks old now, and we have had her for three weeks, and, well, it is a bit exhausting...like having a new baby in the house. She whines, she cries, she poops, she pees, and we live to accommodate her. I seem to be spending all of my time standing in my front yard encouraging her to "go potty."
We have had a couple scary moments, too, like the day Mr. Rottweiler-Mix-Next-Door came charging at us. Zuri was screeching, I was screeching, and I fell down trying to protect her. I had just come home from picking up a hot sandwich at Nancy's Pizza, and I was trying to get Zuri to "go potty" before we went into the house. She was running around the yard while I was talking to the neighbors when Mr. Rottweiler accidentally got out. He ran after her as if she was his dinner. Then I ran after her to protect her and ended up falling, and my sandwich went flying. Then the neighbors ran after Monster Dog who was not interested in listening to their demands to stop and to not bite. It must have been quite a sight. Zuri and I both were pretty shaken up with no real harm done, but you can bet she keeps her eyes on their door every time we are out in the front yard.
Then yesterday we had another scary moment when Zuri found an opening under the fence between our yard and Mr. Rottweiler's yard. She stuck her head under there, and the next thing I knew she was completely on the other side of the fence. I was so frightened that she was going to get eaten by Monster Dog. Luckily, though, when I stuck my head down to the ground and told her to come back, she came right back under. She was lucky Monster Dog was in the house!
But there have been some cute moments, too. She absolutely loves my older son Nick. All I have to say is "Give Nick a kiss" and she starts licking him all over his face. And when she runs around in circles chasing her tail, I laugh so hard!
She has already become a part of our lives after only three weeks. We have gotten pretty attached to her, and she knows it, too. She now marches right out to my lounge chair and lies down on it as if she owns it! So, well, um, I guess I will find somewhere else to read. The Queen has arrived...
Zuri is ten weeks old now, and we have had her for three weeks, and, well, it is a bit exhausting...like having a new baby in the house. She whines, she cries, she poops, she pees, and we live to accommodate her. I seem to be spending all of my time standing in my front yard encouraging her to "go potty."
We have had a couple scary moments, too, like the day Mr. Rottweiler-Mix-Next-Door came charging at us. Zuri was screeching, I was screeching, and I fell down trying to protect her. I had just come home from picking up a hot sandwich at Nancy's Pizza, and I was trying to get Zuri to "go potty" before we went into the house. She was running around the yard while I was talking to the neighbors when Mr. Rottweiler accidentally got out. He ran after her as if she was his dinner. Then I ran after her to protect her and ended up falling, and my sandwich went flying. Then the neighbors ran after Monster Dog who was not interested in listening to their demands to stop and to not bite. It must have been quite a sight. Zuri and I both were pretty shaken up with no real harm done, but you can bet she keeps her eyes on their door every time we are out in the front yard.
Then yesterday we had another scary moment when Zuri found an opening under the fence between our yard and Mr. Rottweiler's yard. She stuck her head under there, and the next thing I knew she was completely on the other side of the fence. I was so frightened that she was going to get eaten by Monster Dog. Luckily, though, when I stuck my head down to the ground and told her to come back, she came right back under. She was lucky Monster Dog was in the house!
But there have been some cute moments, too. She absolutely loves my older son Nick. All I have to say is "Give Nick a kiss" and she starts licking him all over his face. And when she runs around in circles chasing her tail, I laugh so hard!
She has already become a part of our lives after only three weeks. We have gotten pretty attached to her, and she knows it, too. She now marches right out to my lounge chair and lies down on it as if she owns it! So, well, um, I guess I will find somewhere else to read. The Queen has arrived...
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