A DOG, A DOG; MY DOGGONE DOG IS GONE (9)

Young Dog has gone home.

Uni-gal will be home from her international adventure in a few hours, and her dog will be there to greet her.

It was fun to have him. He loved to play, and walk, and hang out in the yard, and sleep at my feet when I was reading, and even when I had a visitor this afternoon (after appropriate greetings had taken place).

But keeping him would be a lot of work, because of a number of things which are all part of his personality. Yes, we could teach him new ways (MAYBE), but we both realize that would take a lot of work -- more work than getting a puppy and training it from the beginning. And the re-training process would take more energy than I have right now.

So, we've started looking for a puppy. Will we ever get one? Who knows.

As Yogi said famously, "It ain't over till its over."

Thank you in the blogsphere for bearing with me on this.