Stinkin' Cute

Her default character is calm, content, and happy but Bella became eerily quiet last winter.   She knew she was missing something or someone. 

Who or what, and why?

She was missing Chloe, her Licker Sister of eight years.  I know it’s true.  And my heart was breaking for Bella as she was home alone too often.

But I was tired of dog work and

physically and emotionally exhausted after Chloe’s cancer.  

Nine months later,

I saw a Boston Terrier face on Facebook that made me giggle and swoon.

FOR SALE.

People made comments and suggestions that "maybe this is the one, Mary Moore Ferracci"…and so on.  Uh, shut up!

Aggravated by it all, I resisted for one day or three until

I lost my mind one afternoon in August.

Without thinking about it too much for fear that I would become reasonable and rational, I made a hasty and impulsive phone call.

I want!  (Do I? Really?)

Good grief, we’re having a baby boy in two weeks.

Jelly Belly Honey Pot will have a lil’ eight-week-old bro.

He shall be named RUDY.

Boston Terriers garner a multitude of nicknames based on their looks and characteristics during their lives and Rudy is no exception.

Mickey!

Beluga!

Mama, I'm having an awesome day!

Happy Gilmore!

Bella is playing with a Boston Terrier for the first time in four years.

She's getting lean and strong.

I guess you could say Rudy is a blessing...

He gets on my last nerve a lot.

That’s when I tell him, “You remind me of Chloe, your late sister!”

On the day we brought him home, we knew. 

She is with us again, in the body of a sweet little man who is

a gentler version of Our Dear Chloe.

How can anyone be angry at a face like this one?

He's Stinkin' Cute!

For several weeks, I felt like a new mother – always distracted and craving a nap. 

After all,

I am too old to be raising a goofy toddler.

However.

Rudy is a good little man at five-and-a-half months, packaged in fourteen pounds of energy and happiness.

For him, every minute of his life has been a delightful surprise.

We laugh every day.  Looking for a good time with a dog that is low-shedding and smells like line-dried fresh linens?  Try a Boston Terrier - preferably TWO.