We Have Four Dogs.
Yes it's true. We have four dogs. Four. It started innocently enough a few years ago with just one little, white Maltipoo named Mini. Then we thought she should have a friend, so one winter night during an NHL playoff game, we got a black Morkie, and named her Sophie. Two cute little ten-pound, non-shedding little puppies. Simple enough. Easy enough.
Then we moved to the country and got a fenced back yard that is about half an acre (pictured above). Time for a bigger dog. Not a Golden just yet (spoiler alert!). Too much shedding! So we got the cute Cocker Spaniel named Hazel.
That was fine. Lots of fun. But the conversation continued to be about a Golden. And when you realize that there will never be a good time to get a 4th dog, you just do it. So last Christmas we got Bailey. Beautiful, loving, Bailey! What a sweetheart she is!
And that is how we got four dogs. Somehow, our hearts seem to grow bigger with each new dog. Just when you think you can't fit another dog into your heart, you can. We love them all very much. They bring us joy every day. Even when they are tracking mud on the floor, or throwing up at 3am because they ate something they shouldn't have. Or shedding all over the couch. It doesn't matter. We love them.
Also, we never forget to feed them. Twice a day without fail. Of course, if we are late, they remind us. But it has become a part of our daily routine to feed them.
And we clean up after them. No questions asked. We just do it.
Just like WA needs to become part of our daily routine. Every day. Twice a day if need be. No questions asked. Even if it seems we are just giving and not getting anything back. WA needs to have a place in our hearts. We need to learn to love it for what it is and what it can do for us for the rest of our lives.
Our puppies will always love us unconditionally. That is a fact.
The WA family will also always support and love us unconditionally. That is a fact.
Let's make 2020 the year that doing what is needed in this business becomes a habit. Second nature, you might say. Learn to love the process and the platform and give it your all!
Thanks for allowing me to share my puppies with you.
Much success to all in 2020!
Have a great day!
Tom
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The number one goal on my list for this year is to get me another Maine Coon Cat and Pomeranian as soon as I get moved to Ukraine.
The last 2 I got at the same time and they were best friends. A 5 pound security dog and a 23 lb., 47 inch long Coon cat. Two black blurs in my life for almost 14 year.
A very GREAT post, Tom! Your brood of Dogs are quite a crew! I remember a post a while back you did about Bailey--my has she grown! I loved the analogy to did with WA, as well! We do need to feed it at least twice a day!
Have a GREAT week!
Jeff🐶🐶👍👍
Love is the greatest gift we can either give or receive.
May we share it this year.
Those are cute dogs you have there.
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One of them is almost invisible, how cute.
There was a time when I had 7 dogs! Not voluntarily, but what can you do. Of course I kept them until I found their owners, and I did. The third one pretended to be highly pregnant, but all he was was highly overweight.
You see, I lived in 117 F hot Phoenix on a canal with high walls at the end of a dead-end street. By the time those little runaways reached my garden they collapsed of exhaustion and thirst. Of course I had to take them in.
The local Humane Society always said, call Petra first, lol.