Raising a Puppy

One needs to be very careful while promising. I am learning this fact day in day out.

I promised my daughter to get her a nice little puppy on her birthday, forgetting the fact that a nice puppy will not remain little for ever. So the house got its second kid, a boxer, professed to be born of vintage German parents. While it is a great entertainer and mood-raiser, it is a nuisance too in its own way. We need to think of her whenever we have to plan an outing beyond 4 hours - always on the lookout for a victim to be put behind at home when i want to go out. 

              From the door-delivering grocer to the motley maids and messengers that enter the house, everyone suffers his or her moments of scare and terror. Except the tiled floor and painted walls, nothing is allowed to be left unattended - for, the little devil would bite to bits anything that is unguarded. Always graceful, it is jealous too. Extremely playful, it is prankful too. 

                More about it as we grow together....  wait, it just found my Hush Puppy for a dessert. The next time i have to make a promise, i will take some time...