This blog post is dedicated to all dog lovers in the world, especially my best buddy, 'Daph' and her doggie 'Splash' :-)I have never been enthusiastic about dogs , when i was a kid. In fact i was a lot intimidated by them, especially during evening walks on the road. Whenever i encountered a dog on the road, i would often cry out "Maaaa the dog is looking at me!,Pls carry me , else the dog will eat me up !!"
My mom, being the patient person that she is, would carry me whenever we were taking my bro to his tennis classes.
But Things have changed recently. It all began when my parents left me at my Aunt's
Place in the month of May to attend my Bro's grad in the US[ Thanks to our Anna University Exams, i couldn't go ] :-(
One hot morning, my cousin bro came running excitedly saying that he had bought a one month old Pug puppy. :-)
Day 1 with pup: All of us seemed excited about the pup and played with it for hours together. Something about the pup, brought us warmth and happiness that one would have on a warm Sunday afternoon , curling up with their favorite book. :-)
The puppy was so tiny and delicate and it felt so nice to stroke it gently. All of us took turns to pamper him, feed him and put him to bed. But when the dog excreted, no one would want to clean the mess :-D
Sadly, only my cousin, for the fate of being the dogs master, had to do such chores with the custom made doggie tools bought at the pet shop. :-)
Well if u ask me, I would rather train my doggie to excrete in a potty, just the way Jim Carrey trains his dog in the movie "Bruce Almighty".... Hehe :-)
Day 2:
The dog had already become a lot attached to us and played with us with his round adorable eyes always filled with excitement. He had become so used to all the pampering we showered on him the previous day and started demanding for more and more each progressing day. :-)
He is such a smart pup and could actually distinguish between human males and females. When he felt all drowsy and needed some warmth, he would come closer to a girl and sleep on her skirt, expecting her to stroke him with her soft and gentle hands, until the young master reaches a state of nirvana and slowly drowses to sleep. And, if he was energetic and bubbling with energy, he would prefer the guys to run around and play with. Smart dog Ain't he? :-)
Well, I dunno why I analyze each and everything on planet earth, but i presume that i can understand animal Psychology and I take pride in it :-)
Day 3: The Baptizing Day
Only on the third day, did it strike us that we had to name our smart puppy with a nice name. Random names like Biscuit, Casper, Peppers etc. struck us, but neither of us were convinced with the name that the other person chose and there were ego problems like "I won't accept the name that you choose", as well.
Finally, i was thinking so hard... If i had a pup, what would i name it?
I would either name it 'Lolita' or 'Angel'.
"Lolita" is suitable only for females, but what about "Angel"?
I put forth the idea , and my girl cousins liked it, but not my cousin bro. He said "For your kind info, it is a male dog and 'Angel' is suitable only for females!"
I explained two factors to him:
1) Firstly, the dog has just five senses and it is not gonna grow up, being confused as to what gender it actually is, cos the name is misleading.
2) Secondly, who said that there are no male angels and only female angels exist?
Funny world, it is so filled with female Chauvinists, that people have stopped believing that there are heavenly male creatures too. We are only used to Imps and evil Gnomes which are male [ Hehe... Mission accomplished Ladies!! ] :-)
My ten year old cousin bro was stubborn and didn't accept to the proposed idea.
Gosh!!!... Kids these days.. very tough to please them and answer to their annoying questions. Finally, he came up with a weird name "Ricky", due to some previous sentiments of a dog he had before which was named "Rocky".
Guys will be guys and you can't quite change them and so we decided to go with the name. :-)
Day 4: The biting day
Just when everything seemed fine and we were having fun with our pup, we noticed a sudden change in him. He had a compulsive disorder of nibbling and biting anything that he laid his eyes on. Be it chocolate wrappers, homework notebooks, clothes, foot mats and to my happiness, my GRE barrons too [ I wish he gobbled up the entire thing, so I can have another excuse not to study ] ;-)
Sadly, it didn't just end with non living things, he wanted to bite people too.. :-(
When we called the pet shop and told them about the problem, a man told us that it is quite natural for the dog to behave that way, as his teeth is starting to grow and he would have the urge to nibble at things, just the way a human baby would.
He also advised us to give the pup a Calcium enriched sweetened vegetarian bone, which we had bought along with the other dog accessories.
We tried giving him the sweet and juicy bone, but to our dismay, he was only interested in the round and colorful foot mat and my cousin sister's funky Thailand beach slippers which had plastic grapes bulging on it .
We were able to successfully hide the slipper in the shoe rack, but we couldn't do much about the foot mat. he would keep nibbling at it day and night, relishing it.
Eeeeew!!... Dunno how it excites him so much :-)
The next few days:
The pup's biting habit didn't subside much and he kept chasing people to bite them.
I felt extremely unhappy about this and started avoiding him for a few days. The doggie felt really bad that no one pampered him and caressed him with love and he got into a slight depression and never bothered to eat his yummy milk meal, even if he was forced to. We realized that he needed some affection and tried to pet him and stroke him with care.Unfortunately, it was of no use, he still had the urge to bite us...He dint know tat we were avoiding him only because of that... Poor thing :-(
Sheeshhh..... how we wished we could call the guy who could tame any kind of dog from the popular American TV show "The Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic.
Soon the pup was growing bigger( not taller) , sharper and stronger and his biting habits had reduced too after the doc injected him and trimmed his nails. The doc was indeed surprised at the spunk that this dog had and his playful nature. Pugs are usually supposed to be sober and lazy dogs, but this naughty pup was truly an exception. :-)
And soon my parents returned and it was time for me to go home. I suddenly felt uneasy and sad to leave especially since i became a lot bonded to the dog. Even after I came back home, i couldn't stop thinking about him and the love and affection he showered on me.I realized that humans can never ever shower the love that a dog can. Everyday when i saw him, he would run to me and lick me to show his affection and cuddle me like he met me after years. Even now when i visit my aunts place, he comes running to me with love and he licks me like a lollipop. :-) It feels great to be loved by someone so much and it makes one feel like a celebrity. If someday i feel too lonely i would adopt a lonely puppy and care for him each day. The loyalty and love that he has for me, can never be replaced by any Human Being on planet Earth.
:-):-):-) <3 <3
