puppypalooza
Look at those faces. Look at them! Aren't they the most adorable little things you've ever seen in your life?!?And they were almost mine. :-(
My mother did the craziest thing yesterday--she showed up after hitting a few yard sales with these adorable little darlings. A family had been giving them away, & even though she's been telling me for years that I don't need a dog (even though I've been wanting one for years), she said she just had to show them to me. She didn't agree to keep them, but the people told her she could take them to show me & even keep them overnight if she wanted...or keep them forever, if we couldn't help ourselves.
Well, the minute I saw them, I fell head over heels in love. How could I not? If you think they're cute in photographs, you should see them in person. Oh. My. God. And they're so tiny. Only six weeks old, which I think is a little young to be giving them away, but apparently the mother won't let them nurse anymore so they thought it would be okay.
So immediately, I decided I was a brand new dog owner. Or I at least really, really wanted to be. I'm a sucker for animals, but especially the teeny-tiny baby variety. And even though my brain was telling me I didn't need any added responsibilities, my heart was saying, "But look at them!"
I decided to keep them overnight, since we'd been given permission. Got a little box together, bought a can of moist puppy food, & even introduced them to the cats. (There was wariness & curiousity, but at least not outright hostility.) And for most of the evening, they were as good as gold; I think they'd been exhausted by playing around all day & having so many people holding & petting them, because they just slept.
It was after I went to bed around 11pm that things got rocky. I got zero sleep. Literally didn't sleep a wink until about 7am because they were up so often, needing food, water, attention, & potty breaks. And like I said, I think they're still a little too young to be taken from their mother, because they really seemed to need that bonding, litter-huddle thing.
They were absolutely adorable every time I picked them up, but somewhere around 4am, I realized there was no way I could give them the attention they would need--not to mention the diligence top properly housebreak them--right now. Maybe if I didn't have two books due in the time I'm usually given to write one... Maybe if RWA National weren't coming up in two weeks & I wouldn't be forced to abandon them or find someone to watch them just when I was starting to make progress with the training... I have no problem with devoting a ton of time & energy to new pets...lord knows I've done it dozens of times in the past...but right now is just not a good time & I knew I wasn't capable of it.
So around 8am, I gave a little sniffle & let my mom take them back. I do miss them, but I'm hoping they find happy homes with someone else. Or maybe a small part of m
e is hoping they don't, & that after the RWA conference is over, I can take a drive past the house & change my mind. *g*Sigh. That was the beginning of my weekend, in a nutshell. I didn't have puppies, then I had puppies, & now I don't have puppies anymore. (Waaaaaa!)
One of these days, though... One of these days, I'm going to bring a puppy home & keep it.
Currently watching Monsters, Inc.
Currently reading Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton
