This weekend Liz and I went out to see her parents in New Jersey, and there were more dogs than the eye could see!
Liz?s Dad, who just retired, got himself a new dog?Willie. He?s a rescue dog, and is skinny as all get-out right now (the poor thing), but after just one day he?s already on his way to getting plumped up something fierce! He?ll be a good dog for sure, and though he isn?t big … whoa! … he?s got some bark.
But that was just the beginning. Liz?s sister, Jill, also came foThis weekend Liz and I went out to see her parents in New Jersey, and there were more dogs than the eye could see!
Liz?s Dad, who just retired, got himself a new dog?Willie. He?s a rescue dog, and is skinny as all get-out right now (the poor thing), but after just one day he?s already on his way to getting plumped up something fierce! He?ll be a good dog for sure, and though he isn?t big … whoa! … he?s got some bark.
But that was just the beginning. Liz?s sister, Jill, also came for the weekend, with her two dogs?Debbie and Gene. Although a good-sized dog, Debbie?s the quiet, gentle one, who just kinda keeps to herself. Gene, on the other hand, is one of those little dogs who doesn?t realize he?s little. He?s a big dog in a little dog?s body. He?s fully of energy, jumping all over the place, and has got a yappy kinda bark that really gets your attention?whether you want to give it or not.
And then, of course, my father-in-law?s cousin came by with her dog, Razzle, a little princess of a dog who likes to lick your face like mad and play and play and play. Nice dog, but again, lots of energy.
Now, I?m a cat person. I?ve always had cats, always preferred cats. And I do like dogs, and even love great dogs. But [i]man[/i], that was a lot o? dogs this weekend. Even the dog lovers said so. I won?t even go into the peeing in the house incidents, as that might be a story for another day, but needless to say, this was a weekend of dogs.
And for a cat person, it takes a certain amount of patience to get through it. So that when Liz and I got home last night and saw Alex curled up on the couch, I walked over, threw him up on my shoulder and he just started purring away. And after a weekend of barking dogs, Alex?s purr was just what I needed.
