Luke is our official pet lover. The pets seem to love him best, even though his love is definitely tough love. Luke is very rough with the pets. Duke, pictured above, has been a welcome addition to the family, but his close proximity to wild animals (e.g., rabbits, prairie dogs) has presented special problems.
You see, we have this wonderful doggie door in our new house. Duke, loves to chase the above-mentioned animals and occasionally he catches them. Well, if you're like Duke and I, sometimes you like to dine al fresco and other times you just like the climate controlled indoors. Duke, to our dismay, has opted for the dine-in option on more than one occasion.
One morning, we woke up to find Duke munching on a rabbit--right in the middle of the living room. Yeah, carpet is so much more comfortable than tile. The mess be damned! Thankfully, this was the week AFTER Easter; if it had happened a week earlier, the kids would have been traumatized forever. "Mom, Duke's eating the Easter Bunny!"
If I haven't proclaimed my deep love for Duke, then let me do so here. Sure, it's only skin deep, but as Jim Carrey said in Liar, Liar "My teacher tells me beauty is on the inside." "That's just something ugly people say." Thankfully, Duke is super-cute, so we don't have to look past to whatever inner-beauty he may possess.
When we go on walks, we let Duke run without a leash. Unfortunately, this has attracted other's attention to his outer-beauty. Duke was quite a ways away from us on a recent walk. We could see him, but we were standing back from the road a bit, and lo and behold, a passing car stops and tries to scoop him up. Thankfully, Duke loves the beautiful people too and immediately bolted in our direction when the passerby tried to scoop him up.
So, Luke must be doing something right, because Duke is as committed to this family as we are to him.
Your posts always make me laugh (except when they're making me cry). Duke is adorable. And so is Luke- even with his fly down.
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