Daily Constitutional[s]

We walk as a family, together with our dog, Thatcher. We meet and greet neighbours, old ones and new unfamiliar ones. People are friendly and make complimentary remarks about our puppy.

My children offer pertinent pieces of information in return:- that he has fur, even between his toes, that the end of his tail looks like a teasel, that his poop is bigger than cat poop because he is much bigger than most cats, that the tough pads on his feet mean that he doesn’t need to wear shoes, that he smells really bad, but not as bad as the first day he arrived.

Each little nugget of information is of equal worth.

People seem both amused and bemused in return.

By the time we dawdle back home, these cumulative exchanges appear to have percolated their psyche.

“Mom?”
“Yes dear?”
“I like Fatcher.”
“Oh good. I’m glad you told me that dear.”
“Yes…………now we have a dog…….….people think we are more entertainment value.”
“?”

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Posted on January 10th, 2009.
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10 Comments

  1. Niksmom:
    January 11th, 2009 at 5:32 am

    Oh, if they only *knew* the entertainment value they have/are! And so much more! What a great little snippet of life this morning. :-)

  2. empress bee (of the high sea):
    January 11th, 2009 at 7:03 am

    maddy this stuff needs to go in a book honey. really. (in your spare time of course!)

    smiles, bee
    xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

  3. angharad:
    January 11th, 2009 at 9:37 am

    where would we be without the furry folks?

  4. jams O'Donnell:
    January 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    He is such a cutie. I’m sure the kids will realise the triue extent of entertainment value as he grows

  5. Tanya @ TeenAutism:
    January 11th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    I agree with empress bee (and, I’m sure all of your readers)! Good stuff!

  6. kristina:
    January 11th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    I am liking the collective “we”—just Thatcher on his own might not be so noteworthy, nor lovable—

    happy new year, friend. am sorry I have been behind in reading your posts—it is good to be back here.

  7. mama mara:
    January 11th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    Your son sounds like a future Hollywood producer. So you better get that book written in time for him to make the movie adaptation.

  8. Marita:
    January 11th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    Aww that is awesome.

  9. furiousBall:
    January 12th, 2009 at 7:42 am

    i like fatcher too

  10. lime:
    January 12th, 2009 at 9:48 am

    so he’s broadening their social circles too. how marvelous a gift this thatcher is to your family…even if he does chew things up…