Chilling with Mommy

I was warned about the responsibility involved with getting a dog, but as with everything, you don't really know what you're getting yourself into until you're already in. A lot of people have actually questioned my decision to get a dog quoting that I didn't seem like a dog person... what's up with that? Just look at Hero and me... I'm soooo a dog person!


Having a puppy is very much like having a baby and it's definitely not easy. I can't remember the last time I slept through the night - actually, I do. It was before I picked up Hero on that snowy January 5th day! It's like clockwork... 12am, 3am and 8am pee pee calls... I'm tired, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Although money can buy love (a dog), it takes a lot more than that to maintain it and I'm happy (and grumpy) to do it.

It's not always such a happy union between the two of us though because Hero really tests my patience sometimes. As much as I love him, he's not the "perfect puppy" meaning that he does the whole biting, nipping, barking, crying, peeing/pooing in places he shouldn't thing. I know he's just a puppy and I shouldn't be that hard on him, but there is a fine line between letting him be a puppy and moulding the behaviour that will define him.


I've had to make quite a few changes and concessions in my life to make our relationship work, but it's well worth it. Alex on the other hand isn't always ecstatic that I've lost a lot of flexibility in my life and he has to visit me a lot more now! All in all, I can't imagine what my life would be like without my little Hero anymore. I love him to pieces!