Over the weekend my husband and I made a very impromptu decision
and we are now the proud owners of a wee little Chihuahua. She’s tiny and sweet
and exactly what I wanted. However two
days into being a family with a puppy I’m now asking myself what the hell did
we do? I want the puppy don’t get me wrong, it’s just the adjustment
process. I feel like I have a new born
all over again without an instruction manual. Thank goodness we have the
internet and Google. Seriously I had to Google how to tell a boy from a girl!
My kids are as happy as a pig in shit and want to carry the little
thing all over the place. This is freaking me out. I’m on triple duty now. Where’s
my son? What’s Bella doing? And oh yea the dog, we have a dog. At any given
moment I will find my son trying his hardest to play with the dog only to see
that he is choking her or carrying her upside down. It’s been a very long time since I had a dog
let alone a puppy this small and I think it’s only natural that I want to
protect her. But I also have to let the kids and the puppy come to terms with
each other, what they can do and what they can’t do. Where the boundaries are and what having a
puppy means. Shit I need to come to terms with all of this myself.
The first time my husband looked at me and said it’s your
dog you clean it, I was like oh hell no he didn’t just say that. I bucked up and cleaned what needed to be
done, because fact of the matter is that it’s my dog. I asked for it. I have to
remind myself and keep reminding the kids that this is a puppy not a baby we
don’t need to carry her like a baby or treat her like one. I’ve had a hard
enough time raising my two kids so the last thing I need to do is convince my
little puppy that she is human.
So this post was a little different than our normal posts
but I felt the need to introduce you to the new addition of our family. I’m sure you’ll be hearing more about her the
near future. You already know I have a hard enough time taking a shower with my
two kids, now add a puppy to that. Oh
yea I’m sure you’ll be hearing lots more about her.
She still doens't have a name. We're in the process of naming her. She was a Pedro but that was short lived after it was brought to my attention he was a she. For now though, I'm calling her
ChickieBoomBoom
Well it has been decided. My little ChickieBoomBoom is now Molly. She chose it herself this morning after I called her Molly out of the blue. It was the first name we've called her that she perked right up and looked happy. So if she's happy then we're happy with it too!
ReplyDeletemy cat can beat up your dog. will the little princess get any bigger... Really, Molly.. I though she was of the Spanish culture... I like chickieboomboom... aka CBB for short.. Aloha...
ReplyDeleteOh no it's Molly Chickieboomboom Sophia Pedro Bonnie Sunshine. She's got a few names.
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