i don't think it's any secret now but i absolutely love my dog. i've never owned a pet before in my entire life unless you count goldie the goldfish that i won from a county fair who unfortunately did not last too long in my fishbowl. but Ella is something completely different. i look at her and i know she's trying to tell me something, "i'm hungry" "i need to go out" "let's go for a walk" or even "are you okay?"
i know it sounds crazy, and maybe i'm slowly turning into those crazy cat lady's who are obsessed with their cats and always talk to their cats (it's not crazy if you ask or wonder that you're crazy right? just gotta keep telling myself that. but ella has been a true companion since she has entered my life. even through this rough moment when all seems to be lost or confused right now, she's right here by my side trying to find ways to cheer me up. so much so that she has to turn into bed early each night because she's just so exhausted from hanging out with me all weekend.
interestingly enough ella is right here in my lap, taking her nap after initially waking up to go to the bathroom, resting her head on my typing arm and somehow she seems okay and not phased by the vibrations of my typing. she'll wake me up in the morning in the only way she knows how, nudge my face and if that doesn't work just start licking like crazy until i wake up; prompting me to get up earlier than usual to take her out to the backyard which i guess is good for myself since i'm trying to wake up earlier to do my morning run/bike alternating routine.
i guess i just feel very lucky to have ella by my side; i've pretty much brought her everywhere with me that i possibly can that will allow dogs. right now she's anti-social and won't play with any other dogs. as a protective father i can't help but smile that she will still only play with me and not associate with any other dog. i know that this feeling is fleeting. she will eventually have to get to know other dogs and pretty soon our trips to the dog park will no longer be her hiding between my legs or begging me to pick her up but instead just run off and play with other dogs. hopefully she can get to that point; but just like me, i know how difficult it can be to make new friends, especially if you have trust issues.
i just finished my morning routine of waking up at 6:45am, eating a banana, playing with ella for 10 minutes and then going out for my morning run. after my morning run ella waited patiently for me on her bed in the living room until i came back (i hope by now she knows that i would never abandon her and that i will always come back) and then her and i went out for a walk. i've come to the conclusion that ella has a arch nemesis in my neighborhood. it is this black cat that roams around the neighborhood and as soon as ella saw the cat she would not stop pointing and barking at it. then i remembered, it's the same black cat that ella saw on my fence and she ran out to bark at it as fast as she could resulting in the cut on her chest. i guess dogs don't forget grudges either.
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