And there you were, curled up and frightened, between the bookshelf and the bed in the guest room. Remember that time you and Flip cornered that King Brown snake climbing the fence in the middle of the night? I threw you both in the house while ST and I “handled the situation” and later we couldn’t find you anywhere! We searched and scoured and called your name in every room of the house for 20 minutes before bringing Flip back inside to sniff you out. And you love TV (not that you’re supposed to be inside)! You hate the rain, and thunder, and gunshots.

It’s also pretty funny how absolutely terrified you are of the real ‘big dogs’. Like life is all too hard when you’re a ‘big dog’ and you just need to have a nap. It’s funny how your mini-big dog stature has turned into a mini-big dog personality. You don’t even mind sharing your catch with Flip, in fact a lot of the time I think he is the bossy little Lord Farquaad and you his faithful servant. I’m not overjoyed about the amount of them that constantly scatter our lawn, but they make you and Flip happy and that’s the main thing. You are very clever – and naughty - the way you’ve taught yourself to jump over the fence to catch rabbits and scavenge for old roo bones. You are such a wonderful brother and mate to Flip and you make ST and I laugh endlessly. But now you adore each other and we would all be less without you. I felt guilty and worried that I had done the wrong thing, that you and Flip would never see eye-to-eye and that you would have been better off somewhere else. But you have grown up to be different from Flip in almost every way, and yet I love you just as much!įlip was quite jealous when you first arrived. I admit, the whole reason I chose you was because I loved him so much I thought the only thing that could be better was if I had two of him.

I don’t think it was easy for you to find your place in the family when Flip and I were already best buddies. It’s been 12 months since we brought you home in a cardboard box, so little when we first met.īut just a few weeks later we knew something was up… You were already the same size as your fully-grown new brother, Flip! Soon you were three times his size with a bark ten times as deep. I’m sorry we missed it, but how ‘bout we celebrate together this week instead? It’s my birthday this week which means it must be one year since you came into our lives… I guess that means your birthday was about eight weeks ago.

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