Welp, so did her new baby brother, Jackson. After my parents had brushed puppy fever off of me for a year, we scooted on up to North and on my way home with my wrinkly baby on my lap, I called my mom to tell her the good news. She replied, "Well, I was going to surprise you at Thanksgiving, but we are driving home right now with a puppy, too." What she meant to say was that she was heading home after months and months of preparation and planning for this new bundle of joy and I? I had to swing by the pet store because I didn't have any dog food or a leash.
I did not know much about this little ladybug, so I got home with my little bloodhound on my hip, head snoring on my shoulder, and did a little digging. Turns out, they are furry humans: "friendly, affectionate and good with both children and other animals; however, they require a lot of human interaction." I quote Wikipedia so as to not insert what could be perceived as bias, which was not used in Jack's post either. Really any words in the thesaurus relating to "gentle" or "loyal" would do.
The human-like characteristics of the King Charles Spaniel are evident in the following photographs:
They use their manners at the dinner table.
They get an allowance.
They're in the sibling rotation of Christmas gift opening.
They let momma know when dad is done shoveling the snow.
They're in the kids' family portraits.
They understand families celebrate different holidays.
They know their momma needs them when dad is gone.
They do their chores.
They participate in family game time.
They Skype with family when they're far away.
As the parent of two entering their golden years, I can appreciate that Lucy is slowly starting to take over as she gets older. But don't we all? YOLO.
[photo sources: Pet Art, Mrs. WRCIV]
This is the best blog I've read in ages. You have a gorgeous little black n' tan.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Kangaroo Island, South Australia.