In exactly 8 days, I will have had my PWD for 1 full year. It's been a crazy year, one of ups and downs, happiness and pain (mostly mine!), and much, much learning.
In this year, I've learned a lot about myself:
A) I'm a real softy
B) I can be a doormat to those big brown eyes
C) I'm way, way, WAY too interested in my dog's poop!!!
So now, I'm also wondering what this second year will bring. The 1st year (AKA the puppy year), I learnt that my dog has the will power of a superhero. This dog will never back down from something once he's put his mind to it. I also learnt that just because something is under 1 years old, it doesn't mean that he's not strong. In this year, I've been pulled, dragged, bitten, and thrown to the ground. I've also had my thumbs and fingers twisted and sprained...fun times.
I've been told that the 1st dog year is equivalent to 7 human years, therefore, by all logic, my dog will be a teenager before this next year is up. GREAT!! I already have a teenager in the house. He's a great kid, but my son is prone to mood swings, rolling his eyes, and listening to really loud music. I have a feeling, doggy's teenage years will be just as tumultuous. My teenage doggy is already picking up some pretty bad habits...between you and me...I think my doggy secretly SMOKES!!
Let me explain. When hubby or teenage son walk our adolescent dog, he never strays from them, always dutiful by their side. However, when I walk him, it becomes a game of "hold on to the leash", as he tries to get on every lawn, pee on every tree, and go into every public garbage can in the city. Now doggy doesn't like all garbage, he's very particular. But, doggy will pick up every single cigarette butt or discarded cigarette package he finds. I don't know where this habit came from! No one in my family smokes, yet, when out for a walk, in the evening, after his dinner, he likes to kick back and enjoy a smoke. If this keeps this up, I'm afraid I'm going to have to lock up the brandy.
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