This has been a hot topic around our home lately! And not
solved yet either!
We are doing a number of things to test the waters. Can
you believe that in two weeks we will borrow a stranger’s dog for 6 days? That
we had Beauty’s Bff’s dog at our cottage with a house full of guests? We will visit
our friends in Toronto in December and get a sense of their dog too. There are
many things we are doing to make this important decision and make sure it is
the right one for our family. So far it is weighing in at a true 50-50
chance-but we are doing our homework wisely.
Today we fostered a Potcake puppy on the island of Turks
and Caicos!!!! We got to walk her for over an hour on the beach and will go
back later this week and take another puppy for a few hours too.
It was soooooo adorable and we loved our experience with “our”
puppy. More than we imagined! A few highlights
-she was afraid of water and would quietly whimper when
the ocean water touched her feet
-she kept getting tired of running and would lay her head
and paw on Hubby’s lap
-she was a chick magnet. If hubby was single he would be
in heaven! (I think he still was!) Everyone and everybody talked to us especially
young women in tiny bikinis
-she loved her water and her treats and we trained her to
sit and stay still before getting one
-she would be sad when she would see another puppy and
then it would leave. She would cry
-she liked to be carried in our arms like a baby instead of walking part of the time when she got tired
We really missed her the rest of the afternoon and loved
our experience with her. It was really fun to nurture her and take care of her. My heart expanded for that hour I think
I was never a kid person before either and I became one
from loving my three babes. Same would go for dogsJ)))
