When you love someone...no matter who that someone is....a human or a pet...there are joys and sorrows and peaceful times and those of stress. That is just how it goes...and it is in the span of all these times that your relationship grows and your love deepens. Ultimately, in any worthwhile relationship..you get more than you give.
They say that cats have 9 lives...but I am pretty sure our pup, who has a cat name, has used up a few lives already...and actually...now that I think about it, I am not sure if they are her lives....or ours. In any case there was a close call tonight...and she is fine...but it certainly jolted us into the realization that we don't really want to live without her any time soon. Tonight had it's costs. There were definitely a few lives used up, spent in the anxiety of what could have been, but what she somehow escaped...and none more than Alyssa's....who gets so worried at these times.And then there was the emergency vet bill. But in the end, as long as Miss Allie is healthy, all is well with the world.
We are all safe and sound and back to normal and tomorrow we will be checking under couches and furniture to make sure there is nothing else dangerous lurking around for her to snack on.
"In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had it's costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us."
~ John Grogan
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