Where does the time go!? It seems like only a few years ago that we added our dog, Sprite (not named after the soda pop… but the elfin-type of sprite, and the computer graphics term) to our family. But, it has actually been thirteen years. So, technically, she isn’t our puppy any more… but our aging<\/i> dog.<\/p>\n
We "adopted" her (as I said) thirteen years ago, when I was a member of several online mystery reading groups. It’s funny how I remember those types of details, but I can’t remember when (or IF!) I bought a book by a favorite author. Anyway, getting back to Sprite…<\/p>\n
I must say, it is sad seeing her get old. This sounds as if I think that time has been kinder to me… But, thirteen years ago I was much more able to pick up our thirty five pound Sprite and whisk her up the stairs. And, of course, since I can’t carry up my cup of coffee at the same time, that means I go up and down the stairs twice for every time I actually want to go up and down. She seems to never want me out of her sight. (This has been the case since my husband and I became empty nesters… and carries over even when our children are home.) She truly is a member of our family, but somehow, she has become my dog<\/b>… barking whenever I forget to get her off of the couch, whimpering when she wants to be taken upstairs, yipping when I forget that she is fed at the precise time<\/b> her body’s clock has dinner time set, even moaning when I forget that she gets her pills at the exact time <\/b>we sit down for dinner.<\/p>\n
Lately, I <\/b>have been having to carry her up our stairs every time I go upstairs. The only time that she is actually prepared to even attempt the staircase is at 9:30 PM, when she knows that she will soon be getting comfortable on my husband’s and my bed (or should I say "the three of ours bed"?!?). This ritual of having to carry her up SEVERAL times a day is getting a little tedious, not to say exhausting to me. But, she has been such a wonderful addition to our family… a true companion who listens intently to every little thing we want to tell her. How could we leave her downstairs by herself?<\/p>\n
I do, though, wish that we had taught her that "STAY" really means stay… and not "follow me downstairs while I get another cup of coffee, and then take my cup of coffee upstairs before I go back downstairs to lug you upstairs with me!"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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