Recently, he met someone special and decided to move to Florida to live with his new man. Today, the man in question arrived here. Aaron loaded his stuff into their rental SUV and away they went.
We didn't have time to get to know Mike, Aaron's new man. He was in the house a total of about 37 seconds. Basically, he said hi, they got everything loaded, Marc wrote out some directions and off they went.
Marc writes out directions
Mike & Aaron review the directions
Aaron and Mandy say goodbye
Mike and Aaron leave
Now, about the dogs. Normally, I'd tell you that Bernice is part Doberman and part Shepherd, Mandy is a Labrador mix, and Dodger is part Shepherd and part Beagle. Today, however, all three are Melon Collies.
Seriously, they're upset. Dodger is taking this particularly hard. Dodger has had a hard life (at least he did before he arrived here), and he's very protective of his people. Over the couple of months that Aaron was here, Dodger adopted him as one of his people.
When Aaron packed for his trip to Florida, Dodger was okay with that. He's seen us pack for trips, and he knows we come back from them. He mopes a bit, but he's basically okay. But this was different, and he knew it. Dodger has been acting strangely since Aaron came back from Florida and started putting his things into boxes. This morning, he even went down to Aaron's room and laid down behind Aaron's chair.
Today, Dodger's worst fears were confirmed. Today, a stranger came and took Aaron and his stuff away. Since then, Dodger has been upset. Tonight, he's been acting strangely and crying a bit. He's very upset. He'll get over it, but I didn't realize that this was going to upset him so much.
Maybe Mike and Aaron will come visit him sometime. That might be good for him. The girls are a bit down, too, but poor Dodger is really upset.
Anyhow, life goes on. Tonight, we're getting snow.
Snow accumulates on young Leyland Cypress trees
Steam from the dryer comes out of the back breezeway
Shirley the feral cat* eats her daily meal
Shirley's cowardly son peeks out from under the house
*Shirley and the generations of her family that we've helped out are fodder for a whole other post, but there's no need to get into that now.
For now, I have dogs to comfort.
Keep warm, everyone! If you're anywhere around here, it's going to be a cold one!
3 comments:
Aaron and Mike are certainly cute!
Poor puppies! I feel bad for them since ya can't explain to them what's going on, they may only know "Nice furless-dog-that-walks-on-hind-legs that plays and pets us is leaving for good!" nor can they pick up the phone and speak to someone.
Awwww. Buffy went through this when I tore her away from her one true love, Uncle Patrick. Rather than mope, though, she was angry. And she'll still look for him after he calls on the phone.
And aren't Mikey and Aaron adorbale together? Ah. Young love. ;-)
Mike and Aaron certainly do make a cute couple. I'm sure that Dodger will get over Aaron -- some time is needed, that's all.
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