My three – month – old puppies are so obedient that it breaks my heart.
At that time, I brought back two puppies. The chubby and a bit silly one is named Bench, and the thin but smart one is named Pole. At first, I thought it was simple. I was afraid that one puppy would be lonely, so I got two. Indeed, raising two puppies brings not just double the joy.
They don’t bark randomly or run around aimlessly. If I didn’t see them barking while fighting over food, I would suspect these puppies were mute. They don’t resist when taking a bath or getting their fur blown dry. After a bath, when you hold them, they’ll sleep and snore in your arms, looking all grieved.
They don’t destroy things at home. When there’s no one at home, they’ll lie in their kennels and not come out. They can lie there for five or six hours at a time. Oh, and they don’t ask for food on their own initiative. When they first arrived home, following the kennel’s instructions, I didn’t dare to feed them too much dog food, and it seemed they were always hungry. Even when they were starving, they wouldn’t come to you for food. If they really had no other choice, they’d go to the balcony and chew on the flowers and plants that I hadn’t had time to deal with.
But as soon as I call them, they’ll come out of their kennels, wagging their tails to play with me. After playing for a while, if I ignore them, they’ll find a place to lie down and sleep.
When they were first brought back, they hadn’t learned to use the toilet at home and always went to the kitchen to pee. As soon as my grandma scolded them, they’d scurry into their kennels in fear and not come out. Later, they quickly learned to pee and poop in the designated area. At this point, it’s hard to find any flaws in them. If it weren’t for the need to clean up after their eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping, I’d suspect they were AI – controlled puppies.
The only thing they don’t cooperate with is going out for a walk. I have to force them to go downstairs, and once outside, they don’t want to move. A single round around the building is considered a big workout for them. Later, considering they were only three months old and might get sick, I took them out less often.
After that, when the elderly at home saw the two puppies fighting, they thought it was too impulsive to raise two large – breed dogs. They were worried that they wouldn’t be able to control the dogs when they grew up. After a family meeting, we decided to keep only one. When the bond between us and the puppies wasn’t too deep yet, I reluctantly sent Pole away, leaving Bench looking all alone.
But since then, I’ve noticed that Bench has become increasingly withdrawn. It always looks preoccupied, and its body has visibly lost weight rapidly, which really worries me.
When I came home from a business trip on the weekend, I heard that Bench had diarrhea. My family, not knowing what to do, sent it directly to the kennel. The kennel owner said it might be parvovirus (but the vaccines and deworming had been done before I brought it home). They needed to observe it for two days.
I miss it so much!
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