Number of Sweets: Down to 2-a-day
Exercise: Have been walking the pup
Weight: Let's not talk about that
Potty clean-up in the house: 2 today (that I'm aware of)
Canine Child #1 is a Chocolate Labrador Retriever. She's the epitome of a Lab - loyal, low maintenance, housebroken, great with kids, doesn't run away and INTELLIGENT. I completely endorse the Lab breed. I would highly recommend this type of dog for anyone that is contemplating what kind of dog to bring into their family. Here's the thing: Canine Child #2 is not a Lab. And yes, I did my research before purchasing her and bringing her home. She's a beagle or more precisely an Old English Pocket Beagle. What they say about beagles is also true...they tend to be stubborn. I don't know if it is so much stubbornness as it is...well...um...she's not quite as smart as Canine Child #1. I think Maizy would need to be in Resource if she were in the public school system. Does that make me a smartist? (I'm guessing a smartist would be the label given to someone that has prejudices against not-as-smart dogs, similar to an ageist, sexist, etc.) Or maybe I'm just a snob. I don't know. I love her her, but I'm just thinking the old adage that a parent will come to love their 2nd child as much as the first just isn't applicable to this dog parent. Like I said, I accept this about myself.
2 comments:
Don't worry, it's just the puppy thing. I eventually loved my beagle way back when. They get smarter as they get older, just don't compare them in front of her, she might get a complex and require therapy.
You would be able to easily. You would probably especially love different things about each of them, but you would love both of them equally. But then you have to listen to them talk about how you have favorites. I get tired of it. (Course, my mom has her favorites.)
Brenda (michelle's mom)
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