What's black with a face only a mother could love and a fetish for Joy's dinky undah-wear? Z-dog, of course!
It all started with a late Sunday night phone call from JoyFul: "Zero is really sick, Mom. I'm going to take him to the clinic."
The x-ray revealed a cloudy something-or-other in the tummy that was pretty much going to cost the grand-dog his life. Joy was crying so hard I could not understand her the next morning. She was fully prepared to say "GoodBye" to her 2-year old pug.
The reasons for Joy's affection are clear: Zero was a down-on-his-luck canine that the Kids discovered a year ago. Joy has always pulled for the under-dog which may explain Z's love of underwear.
Upon learning the cost of the surgery, Nathaniel said, "Let's have the surgery." Nathaniel likes Zero but pretends he doesn't. I don't think he is as smitten as Joy over the pug. So why did Nathaniel say "Yes" to the surgery on their budget? Because he had recently earned some extra scratch and Nathaniel loves Joy.
Thankfully the PugSter is home, new neck-ware and all. He is a couple of pounds lighter after the removal of 2 - or three - pair of Joy's you-know-what. Under-dog eats underwear. Go figure.
Joy is never so happy to have Zer0 home and Nathaniel is never so happy to have Joy joyful again.
This note from Joy is featured on the Navratil kitchen bulletin board: "I love a boy. He has red hair." I can see why.
3 comments:
i am glad zero is ok! dakotah, my dog/ryan's dog, would have ripped the underoos to shreds! did little zero swallow them whole? what a good momma, joy is! and a good dad, nathaniel is!
That's the burnin'-in-my-bosom question, Kristin G! How could the grandDog swallow such a thing?
We are sooooo glad Zero is doing well. Not sure how we would have explained that one to MJK!! She prayed for Ellie while Zero was away...pretty cute!!
Post a Comment