Lottie joined our family on the 9th of January
this year when she was exactly eight weeks old.
I’m not entirely sure why or how this happened. I’m a cat person. I always have been and I always will be. I did have a dog when I was 18 called Ralph
Waldo Emerson III who was just a wonderful boy.
I have no idea what different breeds were all mixed up in his genetics,
but he was fast, I can tell you that.
Since he died, it’s been cats all the way. Many, many cats over the years. Some made it to a good age and some were
taken too soon. After losing two in relatively
quick succession on the main road outside out current home, we decided it was
just too dangerous to keep cats so close to all the fast moving traffic, and we
were a pet free home for a few years.
I've told the story of how Linus came to live with us
before, so I won’t repeat it, but now we have Lottie. We had talked about getting another dog as a
companion for Linus, but had always said that because of the extra expense of
insurance and vet bills, that we just wouldn't do it. Then I got bored and started browsing the
internet for puppies. Well, when you
start looking at all those cute pictures, you just get sucked into their
adorableness and are swept away on a tide of love and longing. I found some puppies that would be ready to
leave home just after Christmas which seemed perfect timing, and we arranged to
go and see them. Once you hold that
sweet little bundle and get licked by her puppy tongue you’re branded and there’s
nothing to do but embrace the new addition.
Linus accepted her straight away, well he would because he’s the
friendliest dog in the whole wide world, and over the weeks they have really
bonded. So much so that they share dog
treats, and by that I mean they chew the same “bone” even though it’s only a
few inches long.
She’s been a quick learner so far, brighter than Linus I
think, which I feel a little guilty about thinking, but sometimes he really can
be a dumb dog. When she was old enough
and had had all her injections, we took her out for her first walk. It was not a great success as it was throwing
it down. She was cold and wet and a
little unsure of everything so hardly moved at all. The second walk was much better for her and
she actually looked like she was enjoying it.
Today we were very brave and let her off the lead for the first
time. She was in a safe environment and
we were very close by the whole time, but it was rather nerve-
wracking as she’s a nippy little thing.
She stayed quite close to us the whole time and happily
trotted after Linus. Not once did she
look like she was going to run off and explore on her own, and she happily came
back to us when called. This may have
been more because she got a treat when she did as she was told; she is quite a
greedy little madam.
It made me happy in my heart to see them out together,
exploring the wood and playing in the leaves.
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