Many years ago, about this time of year, our new dog Charlie gave birth to seven puppies. She was dumped in front of our house, pregnant and emaciated, so skinny you could see the pups in her belly. It took the better part of 10 days to get her trust and got her settled in the backyard. Four days later, puppies! Teen Queen was a wee bit, all of three, and I'd get up in the morning and find her snuggled next to Charlie and the pups. Homes were found for all of them, with my folks taking Snoopy. So up until a couple of months ago, we still had a connection to her.
Fast forward to this month. Max is fitting in to the family, finding his comfort zone, and TQ is absolutely head over heels for him. The only problem? She's expecting puppies in the next couple of weeks. How do I explain to a cute chick who has no understanding of anatomy and sex that Max, being a male, is not going to be having puppies any time soon? Just when you thought life was easing up a bit...
7 comments:
You could always adopt an abandoned litter of puppies and bottle feed them.
Just trying to help.
Terry
Fla.
And that should be the White House or the Capitol in the photo.
T
F
"We'll have to wait and see."....My mom.
I truly believe that the Lord works in our lives to teach us the hard lessons we refuse to learn, and a lot of times it is through those we love. It is amazing what our pets teach us about being human. One cold and rainy February day Abby showed up in our back yard. She was soaked and tired but not skinny and she sported a new collar with no tags. It was obvious that a certain despicable life form had decided that dog ownership was not for them and came up with the brilliant idea that if they dropped the unwanted baggage off in the country they could live out their days running and playing which is pretty much the life plan for the despicable life forms. Abby came up to me and introduced herself and promptly laid down at my feet and nuzzled my ankle with a firm request for some head pats and ear rubbin'. It has been said that the art of the deal is knowing when and how to close the deal...Abby had apparently read that part. She was a Corgi mix and was quite different in temperament than any other mixed breed, very calm self assured and loving. I took her up to the nursing home to visit my Dad and the entire nursing home shared Abby. That day I saw that she has a wonderful affect on people in general and not just her family. I learned that just by giving our caring attention to those around us we cab make our slice of the world that much richer. Abby did have her physical problems though, she had a bad run in with bad dog food that had too much sugar (Benifill thou art evil) and became insulin dependent and blind in a single weekend. Abby took the problems in stride and adjusted well. Mom and Dad learned to take her blood sugar readings by pricking the ear. It took use far too many times to get that right, but Abby was quite patient and with practice we became quite good at such a delicate process. After Abby had taught us so much about caring we adopted Danny, a four year old who had been neglected and abused by lower life forms who happened to be his bio units. I do not call them parents because they never acted like parents, about the only thing they did for him was drop him into the world and say have fun, just don't bother us we have important pharmaceuticals to ingest. Danny is a wonderful child, he is amazingly full of love. However, no human being can be treated the way he was for the first four years of his life and not have it change how he relates to the world. We struggled for the first two years he was with us and I believe that Abby helped, with her calm love no matter the ciaos and crisis around her. Danny would become uncontrollable when the pressures of the world became too much. Though Mom and Dad tried to comfort him, sometimes the quiet and love that comes from someone who doesn't speak or judge was what he needed to be able to recover his balance and try again. Danny has grown and healed quickly and started first grade this year, Abby remains with us despite her passing last summer. She gave us one more lesson, that the Blessings that God gives us can never be taken away, even if they are no longer laying by our feet and asking for a good ear rub.
MSG Grumpy
Explain that girl dogs can become mommies and have puppies but boy dogs like Max can only become daddies and only if they have a girl dog who wants to be a mommy.
i love you
bison guy
tell them Max wants to be the only dog for a while and get all the attention....and Max will let you know when he wants another dog....
vaquero viejo
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