Pet Power
It’s been a week since we let Courage and Ashley hang out in the warehouse during weekdays (because of the bigger space and my husband wanted to keep them close) and I have to say the mysterious power of pets is something that never ceases to amaze me.
Their current schedule is that they’ll stay at the warehouse (my husband’s turning them into junkyard dogs – I cringe at the thought!) during weekdays and on the weekend, they’ll hang out with us at our very cramped house (where they seem equally as happy being with us). So we started two weekends ago. They came home with us.
Our neighbors were swooning over them asking us a million questions whether we take them to the pet spa (i’m embarassed to admit that i do) and what do we feed them… who do they follow… what’s their routine… just random questions thrown at us while I was giving them a bath. So amazed at how they love the water and that they’d just sit down while I rubbed shampoo into their coats.
When it was time to go (this was Monday morning)… I was so shocked at the “Bye, Courage! Bye, Ashley!” from the neighbors. It was like a couple VIPs were leaving and weren’t coming back for like a year.
Then they went on to staying at the warehouse. A couple of my husband’s staff stays over during the weekdays so they could watch over them. It’s funny how last weekend, we asked one of them to stay instead of going back home to their families. Just to watch over our babies because we couldn’t get them ’til the next day.
We were worried that they’d give us all these excuses that they can’t because they have to go home, etc. But my husband was so surprised that without hesitation, one of them volunteered to stay and watch Courage and Ashley. Goes to show, one of them’s attached to my babies already.
Ah, the mysterious power of pets. I think they’re aware of the power they have over me (especially Courage) because they just know the right way to look at me and know that I’ll immediately hand over whatever treat I have in my hand. The greatest power they have is that they manage to take all the stress, worries, and negative feelings I had last week and made it all vanished. With a single day, I feel recharged and ready to face the world once more with a smile on my face.
