Dogs: Because People Suck

Bunty? Maybe. Siblings, certainly.

I adore dogs of all shapes and sizes.

My beloved dog Lucy went to heaven two months ago. My cat, who is called Baby Rocket, and I have been living without a dog in the apartment for that long.

In two weeks I am bringing home a new member of the family, a baby Cocker Spaniel whose name will be Bunty. Bunty Baumgart. She was born with a clutch of siblings on 15 September 2021 and is apparently happy and healthy.

I can’t wait to meet her.

I have already seen her in photographs. But I have only seen her as one of a furry crowd, photographs like the one above and blurry videos that show wiggling piles of tan puppies. I don’t know which one she actually is. They look like little furry jellybeans. Adorable.

It will be very nice to have a dog in the house again. I like being followed from room to room. I have been surviving vicariously on visits to a friend’s apartment to play with his foster greyhound.

The apartment feels quite empty without a dog. The cat has been lonely, but he has also been getting a little too big for his furry boots.

Time to take him down a notch.

Bring on Baby Bunty and all the enthusiasm a fresh-pawed, furry-snouted puppy can muster.