Tuesday Thread: Tell Me About Your Pet
In honor of one year of Leo.
Hi friends.
I adopted my dog a year ago this week. Here he is:
He came to me from New Iberia, LA via Baton Rouge. He is (mostly) Chihuahua and Rat Terrier. He is a charmer and a rascal and he loves to play tug-of-war with my socks. He respects a small business, especially one with treats. He likes to have a job like Protect Home From Strangers but is also content to laze in the sun. Every night he pretends to go to sleep at my feet but often ends up on a pillow next to my head by the morning. He likes to sit next to me when I read. He respects books and journals but hates laptops. I wish that I could enter a room with as much confidence as he does. He clearly thinks he is some kind of dog royalty and who am I to argue? A good dog, little Leo. A friend for life.
I’m leaving this thread open for you to tell me about your wonderful rescue pet who makes your life better every day.
Love,
Jami
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I already love all of these stories so much!!
Numa is a 2 year old, 139lb Newfoundland. She’s a giant love, she looks like a bear and acts like the world’s neediest area rug. She wants to be with her people all day, every day, no matter where we’re going or what we’re doing. She loves the local hardware store because they have a secret drawer full of dog treats and she loves going to Maine with us every summer. She’s an incredible swimmer and when we’re at the beach her eyes never leave my kids. She’s my daughter’s Make-A-Wish, after she finished leukemia treatment she got to make a wish and of all the things in the world she could have asked for, she asked for a Newfoundland, and then named her Numa after my grandfather’s late Saint Bernard.
Zoro is a 9lb black cat with a stubby tail that was found eating out of the trash in Trenton, NJ. For my son’s 13th birthday all he wanted was a cat so he picked Zoro out of a mess of wriggling kittens at an adoption event and now they’re inseparable. Zoro loves treats, napping on my bookshelves, napping in the sun, he loves napping on Numa and scaring us because he blends in so we think we lost him until two yellow eyes appear in the fur on Numa’s side. But what he loves most is my son. He follows him around the house all day. He’s the best little friend for a kid who really struggled with anxiety and depression while his sister was sick. Zoro has lifted my son out of that dark place when none of the rest of us could 🖤