It's weird because with Shia, she is legit my best friend. I love cuddling with her and crying into her pure white coat and turning it black with my mascara. I feel like I know her really well. I actually do know her well. Every thing that she does, I know what she is asking for. She has different barks that I recognize. I know that if I leave her home she will stay in her bed long enough to think I am gone and then sneak into my bed and lay on Jared's side. She is my baby girl.
It's a challenge getting to know a new puppy. I love my Indie boy. I do, but I wonder if he and I will ever bond as much as Shia and I. I think we will, but it does take time. Shia was an incredibly naughty puppy and it took us a minute to be besties too.
I think Shia and I bonded when she went in to have surgery on her ACL. They had to keep her over night for a day and a half. I called the vet, and he'd call me to let me know she was okay every hour she wasn't home. When I picked her up from there, I bawled the whole way home looking at her leg all shaved and swollen with tons of staples and stitches. I spent all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday in bed with her. I would carry her out and hold her leg up while she went to the bathroom. She wanted nothing more than to sit and cuddle up in my lap. It was a sad 3 days, but she knew I would do anything for her and I knew that she needed me. It was a true bonding experience. May sound cheesy, but most experiences like that are!
Before we took her in for surgery. My eyes are so swollen from crying - I had never seen her in so much pain.
This photo was taken after the surgery. I had been crying my eyes out and so worried about her health!I wonder how quick I will bond to Indie. I love him, I want him in our family. I just don't know what all his barks mean and how to read him. It's a weird experience adding number 2.
Is it like that with kids?? Did you feel like that with a second pet?
