A neighborhood puppy seemed to have broken out of his backyard today and then proceeded to mosey over to my back yard. Lucky for him, Macy and Braden were in love with the new stranger and stayed outside with him from 11am until some time around 5pm. They fed him the cat food, gave him water, and even laid in the driveway with him when he wanted to take a nap.
The whole family even got into the game as we took the dog for a walk with us around the neighborhood. Try as I might, even Daddy enjoyed the thought that this dog might stick around for a little while... Macy and I talked about naming him during our walk, all the while he just walked along side us without a care in the world. "Ace?" "Jack?" "Buck?"
We finally settled on "Boomer" about halfway back to the house. If Macy called his name once, she called it 15,000 times in those 1000ft back to the house. She was in love.
Alas, it was not meant to be... "Boomer" was actually "Little Bear" and lived about 5 houses over from us around the corner. The family was driving around looking for him and were excited to see that he was being cared for by some strangers. Little Bear had an owner, and a child of his own. Macy took it like... well, like a little girl. She cried. A lot. For a long time.
It was sure fun while it lasted. I was in love with the easy going attitude of Little Bear and thought he was a good fit for my crew. I confess I wanted him to hang around for a while. But, like Mommy said, at least we got to spend the day with him.
See ya' later Little Bear. Come back when you can stay a while.
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