Puppies are adaptable, they can take on the world, writing their own script, overcoming all obstacles, charging headlong into the weirdest of situations and excelling at the most unlikely of outcomes!!! So with some family members away on vacation and some still at home, given explicit instructions as to how Maggie was to be treated……exercised, played with, fed and occupied for the week we were away, it should be a breeze for all concerned.
Well, it just so happened that the working members of the family encountered their heaviest week of the season and worked longer than normal hours. The heat hit close to record temperatures and Maggie’s routine suffered as much as she did in the heat. Left to her own devices to manage a now empty house for untold hours, she went on a protest activity roster of sorts and decided the carpet on the stairs needed replacing. Her newly arrived adult teeth worked with great precision as she began the task of removing the carpet closest to her mouth as she lay on the cool tiles of the front foyer. Fortunately, as a puppy, she is readily distracted by the slightest noise, sound and flutter coming from the backyard and chose to leave her as yet unfinished work for loftier pursuits!!!
The heat took its toll on her nonetheless as the 100 degree weather carried on day after day until her protest took on the form of relieving herself wherever she felt the calling and in such a way that easily can be interpreted as her defiance at the lack of attention shown her. Text messages arrived, detailing the “crazy dog” that had replaced our mischievous but wonderful princess of a puppy. The hounds of hell had visited and exchanged our Maggie with an other dimensional entity no one knew how to deal with.
So with great anxiety, we packed up for our four hour trip home wondering all the while how we had created this nightmare and how to offset it should it happen again next year. We arrived home amazed to still see the house standing, no neighbors amassing on the front lawn in protest, no yellow tape stretched across the door, barring entry to the maelstrom within and no one wearing HAZMAT suits to ward off the plague that surely must have encompassed the lower floor of the house!!!
Maggie met us at the door, tail wagging, crying for joy as much as puppies can cry for joy and looking at us as if to say, “Where have you been; I’ve really missed you!!!” We scrutinized the workings of the reshaped carpet, headed to the cupboard for cleaning supplies to further scrub the affected areas of Maggie’s Picasso- esque creations on the dining room carpet and began the task of unloading the car from our vacation. Washer and dryer going, attention given lavishly to Maggie and a change in the weather system approaching, we settled in to the day to day activities leading up to the return to work and as cooler days and some welcomed rain fell, Maggie’s persona resumed its regal position as somewhat spoiled(who am I kidding???) lady of the manor!!! (Point the fan this way, if you please and more ice while you’re at it!!! :)
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