Posted on 11/19/2009 11:34:44 AM PST by nutsonthebus
My introduction to Adam, a scrappy little puppy, white, fluffy-coated, pug-nosed Shih Tzu, was sudden, thrust upon me be my then wife. We had agreed not to get pets without consulting each other. “But, he was sooooo cute, and Sarah (our not quite one-year old) just loves him,” she said. “And he only cost $600!”
“What!?!” I exclaimed. She quickly retorted that it was an investment. We could breed him because he was pure and had papers.
A week later, she had poor Adam fixed. So much for my Shih Tzu Ranch Empire.
Maybe that’s when I started to feel empathy for the little guy…and him toward me. We bonded, as only dog and man can. The roles completely reversed. I became his hero and my wife turned on him, a foreboding sign in our marriage.
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Sometimes they do turn out to be worth the price.
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