THE MINUTE DEE SAW MY PICTURE POP UP ON HER COMPUTER SCREEN, SHE WAS ON THAT PHONE LIKE MANGE ON STRAY DOG, SETTING UP A TIME TO COME SEE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A HALF HOUR LATER SHE AND THE BIG GUY WERE RINGING THE DOORBELL, AND TWENTY MINUTES AFTER THAT, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A PLACE I HAD A PRETTY GOOD FEELING ABOUT.
I JUST CURLED UP ON MAMMA'S LAP LIKE THIS....AND OFF WE WENT.
THEN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY....
AS WE PULLED UP TO THE PALACE....
I COULD HEAR THE EXCITED BARKING OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT DOGS. NO THREE!
NO FOUR! WAIT FOR IT...WAIT FOR IT! YES...FOUR! FOUR DIFFERENT DOGS!
HAVING JUST SPENT THE LAST THIRTY DAYS, BRUTALIZING THOSE NICE PEOPLES PITBULL...AT WILL...AND WHILE IN POOR HEALTH I MIGHT ADD, I WAS HARDLY INTIMIDATED.
WITH EACH STEP CLOSER TO THE FRONT DOOR, I WAS GETTING A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT WAS WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
4 SHELTIES...TWO TRI-COLOR, ONE SABLE AND A BLUE MERLE
THREE TAGS ON EACH COLLAR..
(THAT'S A REAL GOOD SIGN..IT MEANS YOUR NEW OWNERS CARE)...
ONE OF THE TRI'S FAVORS HER LEFT BACK LEG..
AND THE MERLE NEEDS HIS NAILS TRIMMED...
WHAT?
HAVE YOU NOT SEEN MY EARS! I HEAR STUFF MY FRIENDS...I HEAR STUFF!
I HAVE HEARD RABBITS, TELL OTHER RABBITS...DANG! I WISH I HAD EARS LIKE THAT!
THE MOMENT WE STEPPED INTO THE HOUSE AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND US, THE ROOM FELL SILENT...
DEE PLACED ME GENTLY ON THE FLOOR.
I COULD FEEL THE STARES OF THE OTHER DOGS UPON ME...
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE LOOKING RIGHT THROUGH ME..
THEN AGAIN, I WAS PRETTY THIN...THEY PROBABLY WERE!
MORE SILENCE...
I STARTED THINKING TO MYSELF..."THESE ARE SOME PRETTY OBEDIENT DOGS YOU GOT HERE LADY!"
(I HOPE SHE ISN'T EXPECTING ME TO OBEY LIKE THAT!...I AM WAY TOO CUTE FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT!) FUR REALZ Y'ALL!
AS I SLOWLY MADE MY WAY DOWN THE HALL OF THE PALACE ENTRYWAY, BOTH EARS WERE WERE SO TUNED IN TO MY NEW SURROUNDINGS, I COULD ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THE WHAT THE OTHER DOGS WERE THINKING...
THE ONE DEE CALLED 'MOLLY', WAS THINKING...
"OH YOU POOR LITTLE THING YOU! COME... FOLLOW ME...I WILL LEAD YOU TO WATER AND MAYBE A 15 POUND HAM OR SOMETHING...HOW HEART-BREAKING! I AM SO SORRY LITTLE BABY DOG..
BARK! BARK! BARK! BARK!
BARK! BARK! BARK! BARK!
THE ONE THEY CALLED TIKA WAS THINKING...."AHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S ALIVE! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS IT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?...ANOTHER DOG!? REALLY!? NOT ENOUGH ALPHA DOGS UNDER ONE ROOF FOR YOU JUST YET? O...M...G! I AM SO READY TO FREAK OUT! MY PILLS! MY PILS! HAS ANYONE SEEN MY PILLS!
OH WAIT...I DON'T TAKE PILLS...AHHHHHH!"
THE SMALLER ONE THE BIG GUY WAS CALLING 'KACI' WAS THINKING..."CAN WE EAT IT? CAN WE EAT IT? CAN WE? CAN WE? CAN WE EAT IT?
GEE...WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THE THE BLUE 'MERLE' WOULD BE THE ONE THEY'RE CALLING MERLIN? I'M JUST SAYING..
NOW THIS MERLIN DOG IS THINKING..."MAN, IF I WAS THAT SKINNY...I WOULD BE CATCHING ME A WHOLE BUNCH OF SQUIRRELS!" YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I LOOK AT YOU, YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE A SQUIRREL, EXCEPT SQUIRRELS ARE A LOT BIGGER!"
I SWEPT MY EYES SLOWLY ACROSS THE ROOM, STOPPING BRIEFLY TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF EACH DOG ALONG THE WAY...
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE REACTION TO MY PRESENCE IN THEIR HOME...JUST SADNESS IN THEIR EYES....AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN THEN AND THERE, WE WOULD ALL BE VERY GOOD FRIENDS, (EXCEPT THE LITTLE CHUBBY ONE WHO WANTS TO EAT ME!)
MENTAL NOTE TO SELF...ASK TO SLEEP IN LOCKABLE KENNEL...
THIS WAS ME ON MY FIRST DAY IN MY TRULY FOREVER HOME.
THIS IS MOLLY SHOWING ME THE WINDOW TO LOOK OUT OF IF I EVER WANT SOMETHING TO BARK AT, RIGHT AFTER SHE SHOWED ME WHERE THE WATER BOWL WAS. SHE IS SO SWEET!
I HAVE TO GO NOW. THOSE PICTURES MAKE ME SAD...
WE'LL TALK TO YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME...
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