So, I’m a
terrible blogger, I have these great intentions, these great ideas, and they
remain intentions… and ideas.
Thinking back what could I have written about? Well lots, all these things I
would have loved to share, that I tell strangers in the street, dog stuff, important stuff, which in my life is primarily dog stuff.
Barry & Mars The Day After Mars Joined Us |
I was about
to say that my dogs don’t rule my life but that would most likely be untrue. I
have a ‘doggie business’, I’m woken up by my dogs and I kiss them goodnight, I talk
to them even when I know everyone is listening and my time is all theirs.
So I guess
I should start with the dogs in question.
Barry &
Mars are two very different dogs, and they have both taught me very different
things about myself.
Barry our first
dog taught me that I could love and laugh even when my most favourite things had been 'Barried'. He taught me that you can be happy, even if everything has gone
horribly wrong, because your dog wants you to be.
Barry taught me that patience
isn’t a virtue it’s a necessity, and once you have patience you’ll see you have
plenty of other virtues.
Mars
arrived with us at nine months old. We went back to our breeder and asked if she
knew of a dog who would make a cracking playmate for Barry. Turned out she did
and Mars came to us, a bundle of ‘play’, desperate for round the clock cuddles
but miles away from our overtly confident and undeniably demanding Barry. Mars
gave me a new perspective, quieter and more reserved, I think it was a few
weeks until we saw him shining through.
As They Are Now |
Mars has
taught me that we can all grow and adjust. We watched him hide behind Barry and
we saw Barry grow stronger with his best friend behind. Mars took a while to
find his ‘voice’ he now yodels and dances with excitement and would make any of
you smile with a dance! He’s a soft soul, he reminds you that raised voices
have no place in a happy home.
Mars spent some time in a different home before
he came to us and it didn't work out, just says to me that some dogs just need to find their perfect
home & their perfect people.
If you already have your perfect match then lucky you. If you're thinking about going on that journey, enjoy it, we did.
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