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One more reason
to love your
neighborhood...
few exceptions. They have more toys
than the average American child has.
They’ve got the doggie door down
to a science. Hazmat has emerged
from his funk, he treats the puppies a
lot like he’s their over-protective old
uncle.
I love the smell of the puppies’
breath. They are antidepressants
with razor-sharp teeth that nibble on
my ears, they love scratches to their
velvet-soft tummies and they follow
me around the house and the office
expressing themselves in gruff little
barks and high-pitched whines.
We named them Barker Lee
(Steven thought Anthony Weener
was not an appropriate name for a
sweet, innocent puppy) and Truman
Capuppie.
Just after the puppies came into
our lives — we finally found out
what was wrong with Steven — it
wasn’t cancer or heart disease — he
had an abscessed tooth, painful and
serious, but not the horrible plague
I’d suspected.
The puppies are beautiful and
adventurous. Last week they killed a
tiny snake, a bronze and ivory one.
It looked like a copperhead, but I’m
probably being dramatic. Scared me
to death. The puppies were terri-
bly proud of themselves. Once I
managed to get the thing away from
them and dispose of it properly, I saw
the humor in it all.
There are still times when I think
about my sweet friends that I recently
lost, and other times when I think
about the two wonderful, faithful
dogs that died just a few weeks apart.
There are other days when I think
about all of that and I feel sad again.
Then I think of how fleeting life is
and that puppies are puppies for such
a short time and I should enjoy them
as much as I can for as long as I can.
If that doesn’t work, I bake a cake,
brew some coffee and invite friends
over to see the puppies.
It’s hard to feel terribly sad when
you’re with great friends over strong
coffee, freshly baked cake and have
puppies to entertain you.
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