(yes, that's another Penny post but I promise it will be the last one for some time)
Around this time of the year, last year, I agreed with JJ to
completely change our lives and introduce a new four legged member to our
family! After a couple of visits to the Battersea dog and cats home, while I
was at work, JJ brought home, our little Penny. Oh, no. Don’t get it wrong.
Both of us had met Penny beforehand, just on the day of her ‘release’ I was at
work.
I can’t say I completely knew what I was getting myself into
back then. The first couple of nights I didn’t sleep at all. I was worried about
her and kept stressing out on every little noise heard from the room where her
bed is. The first morning I had to leave her alone to go to work, I felt so bad
for abandoning her in the new strange house.
Since then, lots of things have changed. We are now all used
to a new weekly routine. Penny being (mostly) a Jack Russell, she’s full of
energy and requires more than 2 walks a day. It’s really not easy to make that
dog tired, I’m telling you. It’s a good exercise for us as well though. At
least we have a really nice massive park close by, that we can easily visit.
We’ve also found and successfully tested places for her to
stay over while we’re away on holiday. There’s a couple that JJ knows through
work that have a dog (Penny’s boyfriend). We look after him when they are away
and vice versa. The dogs really get along so well! There’s also a ‘dog hotel’
we found with a couple looking after a small number of dogs in their own house.
It’s much better than kennels. Being able to go away on holidays was something
that worried me and I’m happy we’ve sorted it out.
In general, Penny makes both me and JJ so happy. It’s so
great having a dog that is always so happy to see you and our bond is getting
stronger by the day.
there is no love like that of a pooch.
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