Once upon a time...

Once upon a time,

A family lived a happy and always clean life. The floors of their new house were always clean. There was no fighting for place on the couch when they were watching a movie. They went to bed when they wanted and woke up when they felt like it. They particularly loved weekends because they could sleep-in late and eat bacon in peace.

Then, one day in winter, after much thinking, they decided to adopt a puppy that they named Jake.

They immediately realized that a puppy was a lot of work. They couldn’t sleep-in anymore. They couldn’t forget their dirty socks on the floor anymore.

Puppy Jake and E... Love

What they got was love and trust. They though: Wow, I can live without sleeping late during the weekend if it means that I can nap in the afternoon with a little ball of love.

Jake with a super antler

Eventually, the now family of four created new routines and habits and, as Jake was getting older, they all started to sleep-in again.

Despite their new sleeping habits, the nice green backyard was no longer immaculate. The floors needed more mopping and they could no longer forget T-Bones on the kitchen countertop.

But after giving Jake a super elk antler, they could start watching TV again without a big brown head appearing before their eyes.

But all that didn’t matter. They were in love. And they were happy.

So you think the story ends there?

You are wrong.

Because the family was so happy and felt like they were missing something, they decided to open their heart and rescue a dog. They thought: “One dog is manageable. How bad can two dogs be?”

Obviously, ignorance is bliss.

Bella

After many months of researches, they were chosen by a dog named Bella. Bella was already a puppylescent and she was a little bit peticular. She didn’t like the mailman. Or car rides. She thought that her new family existed for the sole purpose of receiving her love and giving her love. Or food. Or that they were a piece of furniture where she could lie down on when she felt like it.

 

The new life of the family was now crazy and hectic. It was filled with floors cleaning, poop picking and yellow rings in the backyard.

But who cared about that? Their dogs gave them new priorities in life, a new direction and a sense of what was important and not.

Their house had become a home. Where love and loyalty always came first. Closely followed by dirty paw prints.

Bella and Jake