Who Do I Have to Wear This?

Hi, everyone. This is Dottie! That little dog that is visiting us is making trouble for us! He’s been prancing around, wagging his tail and eagerly greeting people. Now, because of him, Mom thinks we should be sociable! I sure don’t like this!

Mom picked me up and said, “Good girl, Dottie. You’ll be my little guinea dog, won’t you?” First off, I don’t know what a guinea dog is, but it doesn’t sound like something I want to be. Then, she picked up this thing (I think that color is RED, but I’m not sure), and she made me put my feet in it. After that, she did something behind me, so I couldn’t get it off.(I heard her tell someone it was an As Seen on TV ComfyControl Harness; I didn’t think it was comfy! I don’t like anything on me!)

The worst part was that she put another long, skinny thing on it, and when she sat me down on the floor, she pulled on it and tried to get me to walk, but I wouldn’t do it! I stood right there. She walked away, leaving me in the middle of the floor. I decided it was my chance to escape, and I wandered back to our corner.

When she turned around, she said, “Oh there you are.” Then, she took that dreadful thing off me. I thought I could just lay back down, but she picked me up and said, “Okay, then, I’ll just carry you.”

And Why Do I Have to Meet These People?

What happened next was mean. Mom carried me through that door she always leaves through and comes back through. There were lots of people in there, and they were laughing. That dog Mom calls Shiloh was there, and so was another little dog, even smaller than us.

Mom sat down and held me on my lap. People kept coming up, and some of them wanted to pet me. I let them, but I didn’t want to. I guess Mom felt me shaking, because she kept petting me (sometimes I kind of like it when she does it!) and telling me everything was okay. Finally, she told me to tell everyone goodbye and we went back inside.

I thought it was great when she picked up Candy and carried her towards the door! If I have to be sociable, she should have to be sociable too! I only wish she would have made Flower go. She petted her and said, “I won’t make you go, Flower, because I know you, and you’ll poop!” Sometimes I wish I pooped whenever someone picked me up!

It was kind of fun staying up past 2, though! We never stay up that late.