Charlee had a difficult afternoon. Her grandparents, Nano and Grand Jack, dropped in with a surprise – their new puppy, another West Highland Terrier, just six weeks after theirs had passed away.
I, of course, was elated. It’s a puppy! Charlee, however, sized up the situation pretty quickly … no more impromptu visits by Nano and Grand Jack simply to take her for a ride or a walk or give her a belly rub or a treat. (Truly, the past six weeks have been bliss for her. But that bliss ended abruptly at 2:30 p.m. today.)
Instead of dropping by just to say hello to Charlee, in walked Nano and Grand Jack with a puppy. Charlee’s perfect world and its revolution around her shattered at that moment. Her brown eyes turned green.
Charlee growled at the tiny “Mac-too” (named by my mom, of course, after the late Mac). After being scolded for an attempted snap at him, Charlee just completely ignored Mac-too and tried to coax Nano and Grand Jack back to reality, i.e., Charlee is the favorite. Needless to say, Nano and Grand Jack’s typical 20-minute visit was plenty for her today.
We definitely have a challenge ahead with changing Charlee’s suddenly green eye color back to its original brown. Stay tuned.
I know how to deal with it with kids and new babies, but dogs and puppies… Can’t wait to see how you handle this1
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I am not handling it well. I think they should return it. My mom returns things all of the time.
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hello charlee its dennis the vizsla dog hay i no how yoo feel!!! ever sinse those noo kittens showd up heer i hav to keep reeminding mama and dada hoo the fayvrit pet is!!! hint hint it is me!!! ok bye
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Kittens, Dennis? Whatever were mama and dada thinking?
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