I pulled into a parking spot a heard my phone ding. I dug it out of my purse and looked at the screen. They were on their way. Wait...they were on their way, On their way! I hurriedly grabbed all my stuff in the front seat, huffing as my keys slipped through my fingers and fell to the floor, taking up an extra ten seconds of my time making me reach down to grab them. After grabbing all my stuff from the back seat in the same hurried fashion, I ran up the path to my apartment. They were on their way! My cousin was coming over and she was bringing her new PUPPY!
Charlie, as we know, is blind. So adjusting to Wilson being gone in such a short time was already hard. Now, my cousin who is associated with Wilson, is showing up with a new puppy. A new hyper, tiny puppy that is climbing and jumping and running circles around Charlie. Charlie just about had a heart attack. Louie wanted to run, run, run all around the apartment and sniff and play with all of Charlie's toys. It's a work in progress, but quite fun to watch....We watched as Charlie stood stiff as a rock listening for Louie running. Charlie can hear him somewhere in the apartment. You can see Charlie's ears perk slightly as he catches a noise somewhere. He hears Louie, but where is he? We all laugh as we see Louie sprint out of the kitchen. Charlie turns but he's too slow, Louie has dashed across the living room and landed full on top of Charlie.
A few weeks ago, my cousin's dog Wilson, Charlie's best friend in the whole world, had to be put down. He was diagnosed with lymphoma three months ago and while we were all hoping he would make it to summer, it just got too hard for him. Wilson was a trooper and worked hard to make it to those three months, not to mention putting up with frequent visits from all his friends and family crying and fawning over him in his last few months. He was quite popular, so there was a lot of crying and fawning.
So, a few weeks has gone by, my cousin has decided she is ready and needing a new dog in her life. She needs a dog to go on walks with her every day, to keep her company, to feed, etc, so she started checking with shelters and seeing who was available. In comes Louie! Louie is an amazingly adorable tiny pit mix with what they're thinking is Dachshund. All of the paperwork finally went through and they were able to bring him home Monday, which means we were able to meet him today!
Charlie, as we know, is blind. So adjusting to Wilson being gone in such a short time was already hard. Now, my cousin who is associated with Wilson, is showing up with a new puppy. A new hyper, tiny puppy that is climbing and jumping and running circles around Charlie. Charlie just about had a heart attack. Louie wanted to run, run, run all around the apartment and sniff and play with all of Charlie's toys. It's a work in progress, but quite fun to watch....We watched as Charlie stood stiff as a rock listening for Louie running. Charlie can hear him somewhere in the apartment. You can see Charlie's ears perk slightly as he catches a noise somewhere. He hears Louie, but where is he? We all laugh as we see Louie sprint out of the kitchen. Charlie turns but he's too slow, Louie has dashed across the living room and landed full on top of Charlie.
The room erupts in laugher at this. Charlie looks completely baffled, speechless. He's not the tiniest dog in the room, but he usually plays with dogs bigger than him, so the advantage of wrestling and being the one to climb all over someone always goes to him. He's also used to softies that just roll over and let him win (he has a reputation to uphold of course). Louie is completely foreign to him. A dog smaller than him? Not letting him win? Who did you bring into my home?! What is happening here!? But, after a brief pause, he decided to give as good as he's getting and the wrestling commenced.
After a while, it was time for Louie to go home. I get to dog-sit him Saturday for a few hours, so this was a good trial run for then. When they were getting ready to leave, I asked Charlie where Louie went and he started whining, looking for him. So despite all the second guessing and death stares while Louie ran around stealing all his toys, I'd say today was a success!
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