are the new puppies' names (courtesy of a friend and loyal reader). his for sir walter, the adventurer and hers for the way she stays burrowed into the warmth of the bed. cora lets me pick them up now and she lets me know when it's time to put them down. she really is a good mom.
i've never had the chance to observe newborn pups, till now. Maggie's were fat little doggies when i brought them home...swirling around my feet and biting my shoes as i tried to move, so i have to confess, i was expecting something different. i guess i thought like, ok, 2-3 days and they'd be running around. but they're 12 days old and this evening i saw raleigh learning to stand, in that wobbly way that babies do. taking a single step and flopping onto his belly. long periods of rest between one attempt and the next. ember, meanwhile, was on her back in the bed. when i disturbed her, she opened her eyes, closed them and started to squirm, putting her paws up to her mouth. watching them, ember content to be a baby and her brother, wanting to grow up and get going right this red hot minute, i'm flooded with memories of the infants i've been blessed to know and how they've been distinguished and individual, from their earliest moments. it's enchanting to see the way each new life arrives on earth as a particular spirit, with its own particular way of being. i'm reminded, again, how various we are. how wonderous in our variety.
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in other news, i went back to the shelter today, determined to walk dogs and keep my head down. but of course, because i was determined, it didn't happen that way. i wound up working with potential adopters. showing dogs as much as walking them.
Mr Banks got adopted by one of the volunteers (yay!!)and one of the puppies by the folks i'd been helping. i'm in love with a new dog named Yogi. He looks like a little 10 lb german shepherd and he is desperately good. i hope someone wonderful chooses him before i have to take him home.
love stories, success stories, happy dogs...it was a satisfying day. it felt good to be back.
thank you for letting me see the babies through your eyes. desperately needed a bit of sweetness.
ReplyDeleteyou are most welcome. it makes me glad that i wrote, tonight and that the timing was right for you to read it. thank you for telling me.
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