Adventures in Puppy Sitting

The arrival of Angel has caused quite a stir. In case you missed last week’s post, I found a little white puppy, covered in mud, standing in the driveway I share with my neighbors. They decided to adopt her.

As these things sometimes occur, she did not exactly come at a convenient time. My neighbors had planned a trip to the beach this past weekend. They asked us if we could keep Angel. While we had some reservations about how Gracie would react, we agreed. We were pleasantly surprised and, by the end of the weekend, completely smitten with the puppy too. In this week’s posts, I will give you the play-by-play for the whole weekend.

When I first brought Angel into the house on Friday, Gracie was less than pleased. She growled and lunged at the puppy – and earned a spritz in the face with a water bottle. After two more blasts of water, she stopped trying to attack the puppy.

Angel was a little uncertain at first. She hesitated as she walked around the yard and in the house. Gracie’s icy attitude did not help the situation. When she spotted Gracie’s toy basket, though, her fears melted away. Here is a picture of her enjoying one of Gracie’s toys as well as one of the cat toys:

Tune in on Wednesday to hear about how things progressed as the weekend continued.