Adding To Our Family
So we agreed to dog sit for our friends Christine and Joe. They have two chill, agreeable dogs named Sunny and Sid, and even though we have a tiny house, we thought three dogs and a cat for one week is not a big deal in the scheme of favors to do for your friends. Asher would enjoy the company of his pals.
On Friday night, after having Sid and Sunny for about not even one day, Chris said, “You know, it’s not so bad with three dogs in here. We should get another dog” to which I said, “True. No.”
So OF COURSE I came back from picking up some dead pig to eat to find another dog in my house. Chris’s mom found a stray at Willmore Park with no tags and no chip. Patty brought her over because she probably knew that once I had the actual dog in my house I would love it and pet it and she would join our wolfpack.
Meet Neko.
All I know is that there are four dogs and a cat in this 900 ft² house. And a new wool rug Big Ed gave us that also sheds. We’ve been sweeping twice a day and its’ still Pet Hair City. Which means I have “Screaming Infidelities” in my head because I keep singing “Pet hair is EV-ERY-WHERE/screaming infidelities/and taking its wear” which is just a little too emo for 95° weather. Sidenote, once I read a book about the history of emo and they talked a lot about Chris Carrabba and the title of the book was Nothing Feels Good which is just ridiculous and yet pretty perfect. The point of the story is that one cannot really think about emo with FREE PUPPIES around, amirite?
Had you asked me a week ago who would have been the sucker okaying a new dog in the house, I would have said Chris. I would have been wrong. It took about eight nanoseconds of this little girl following me around the house, nuzzling my leg, and being generally all around adorable for me to pull one of these
Here’s the whole sick crew in action, minus Elliott as obviously he’s plotting revenge via strategic urination in the basement. Please disregard dirty kitchen in light of the four dogs, two humans, and one cat residing here currently.
Asher waited until I emotionally connected to start trying to hump her. Which, personally I thought he was asexual. I’ve never seen him hump anything in over six years. I guess he’s a late bloomer.
Here’s the three black dogs, having a business meeting of sorts.
Sidenote: in addition to the Animal House, I’ve also (temporarily) got two pig heads in my freezer downstairs, which adds an interesting Animal Farm spin to the entire situation. But that’s another story.
Tags: cute puppies, dogs, The Hangover, Wolfpack speech, Zach Galifianakis
(On June 21st, 2010 at 8:32 am)
Hey, can you watch my dog for a few days too? You can just slip him in — he’s also black and not that huge. You won’t even notice.
(On June 21st, 2010 at 8:58 am)
Regarding Asher’s recently acquired humping, I saw on The Dog Whisperer that humping is a sign of dominance. He may be trying to assert his place in the pack by making the little one sumbit. Cesar Millan’s advice was to make everything equal including affection.
(On June 21st, 2010 at 10:40 am)
That ‘Nothing Feels Good’ title is from a Promise Ring song. Lazer knows what I’m talkin’ bout. Great cut. . . not so sure about that book though.
Dogs!!!
(On June 21st, 2010 at 2:11 pm)
Sounds like you need a FURminator (www.furminator.com). Yes, it’s a client.
BTW, my sister’s female dog started humping inanimate objects when I brought Lola in the house, and the trainer blamed it on dominance. She eventually ended up attacking Lola a couple times, but I blamed that on bad parenting
(On June 21st, 2010 at 2:13 pm)
Yes, MichaelD is right. Nothing Feels Good is a song by The Promise Ring from an album by the same name. The Promise Ring were one of the first Emo bands around, and they were good to the last drop. Highly recommend checking them out. Also, that book has been sitting on my shelf for what seems like forever, so I shall now attempt to read it. Side note: have you ever read Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs? If not, I highly recommend this read!
(On June 21st, 2010 at 9:41 pm)
We never saw Lewis hump anything until Arlo came along. Jerad showed HIS dominance as the pack leader to Lewis & now, NO MORE HUMPING. It was awesome.
(On October 30th, 2010 at 3:16 pm)
promise rings are very memorable to me because i gave a promise ring to my girlfriend who became my wife after a year :
(On November 18th, 2010 at 5:03 am)
you can buy some promise rings from ebay but those are the cheap ones, the quality ones are sold elswhere `;’
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