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Archive for April 13th, 2005
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005Forlorn
Have you ever felt abandoned by someone you care about? Someone you thought you could count on? Someone who knows how to scratch your itch?
Thor feels like that this week. His parents are on a trip and they left him with a sitter. Now don’t get me wrong, the sitter is pretty cool; Thor adores her…and she has a labrador retriever with whom Thor plays each night. He even still gets to come into the office because the sitter works there. But it just isn’t the same.
Yesterday I dropped by the office and saw Thor squeezed beneath a desk, head resting on huge paws. He looked dejected. He didn’t jump up to lick my hands. He wasn’t interested in his toys. For a 5 month old puppy, this is odd behavior indeed.
“What’s wrong with him?”
“His parents are out of town; been gone since Saturday.”
I knelt beside the desk and dragged Thor’s silky body toward me. “Ah, Thor,” I whispered against his huge german shepherd ears, “they’ll be back.” He gave me a weak lick on the chin and thumped his tail twice. I hugged the puppy to me and kissed his head.
“Everyone’s been doing that,” the sitter said, coming up behind me. “Thor is getting more attention these days then he ever gets.”
I looked into the pup’s brown eyes and saw a tiny glint of light. A smile played around my lips. I’m sure Thor does feel abandoned; but, sometimes abandonment has its perks.