{"id":1478,"date":"1993-05-15T14:56:46","date_gmt":"1993-05-15T14:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:41:55","slug":"puppy-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"Puppy Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a short stint volunteering for the Boulder Humane Society. \u00a0Our duties mostly encompassed walking the dogs. \u00a0One day a very young litter was dropped at the Society’s doorstep and they needed a volunteer to house them until they were old enough to adopt. \u00a0We stepped up.<\/p>\n

We did not know what we were in for.<\/p>\n

These critters were cute, but lordy, were they a handful. \u00a0At first they just crapped all over our kitchen floor, then ran thru it, leaving paw prints behind. At least they were small enough that we could wash them under the kitchen tap with one hand.<\/p>\n

We had to learn how to feed them. \u00a0We tried putting all their food in one bowl. \u00a0They politely waited for each other (as my Dad would say) “like one hog waits for another”. \u00a0It was a frenzied scrum that left the weak for dead. \u00a0 By leaving the food out in a long line on the floor, it was impossible for the big ones to block out the small ones.<\/p>\n

Our own dog Emma lacked any faint trace of motherly love. \u00a0She hated them, probably would have killed them all if given half a chance. \u00a0They thought she was their mother. \u00a0Some of the probably needed therapy later.<\/p>\n

We hawked these dogs to all our friends and unloaded the lot of them, keeping the gold colored one and naming her Tori, after Tori Amos.<\/p>\n

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