When we got Buddy, E bought him a soft-toy dog to keep him company and be a bit of a comfort thing on those cold, lonely nights when he was missing his Mum. The toy was a fair bit bigger than him, and he seemed to like it.However, Buddy is growing fast, whereas the toy is not. They are now roughly the same size. And Buddy seems to view her less as a mother figure now. He apparently rather likes what he sees. This became evident yesterday when the inappropriate grinding began. And that glazed look in his eyes. I mean, there's snuggling and there's snuggling. Come on champ, you're not even 9 weeks old. You can't hurry love.
So last night I put him to bed in the laundry, reluctantly putting in his strange mother/lover figure alongside him as usual. I half thought about leaving the door ajar, or hanging about a while to chaperone. But he shot me a glance that seemed to say 'you can go now', and I turned and walked to my own room, slightly disturbed.
Needless to say, I'll be handling the soft toy with tongs from here on in.
2 comments:
lol! great writing :)
I don't know much about dogs as I've never had one but this site has some interesting info about their development:
http://www.doberman.org/articles/puppy.htm
I get the impression that he's exploring what his body actually does in various situations. If you don't like it, you may have to take the toy away altogether (since you've had him for a couple of weeks now and he should be reasonably used to his new home) but then I'm not a dog expert so you might want to check with someone with more experience (e.g. Simone).
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