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Our friends are going on vacation and we offered to watch their 5-month-old Golden Doodle at our house. Did I mention that he’s a puppy? A really large puppy? And he’s as cute as a button. With more energy than the Energizer Bunny on a Pogo stick.
I checked with my husband, MacGyver, and the kids, and they were all happy to have a puppy in our house for a few days. The only one who did not approve this guest is Chopin, our dog.
Yes, we have a French dog with a French name, of course. Bien sûr. Chopin is his given name, however we also call him Fluffy, along with a list of derivatives of that name such as Fluff, Fluffin, Fluffy Puppy, Flufferdog, and Fluffernut. And he ignores all the names equally well.
(With the exception of moi, all of the creatures in our house have that trait – selective hearing. Does that happen at your house, too?)
I’m going to call our guest dog Teddy, because he is as soft and cuddly as a Teddy Bear and, because our family dog has multiple names, our guest dog should, too, right? N’est-ce pas?
If these dogs could talk, this is what they’d be saying.
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: (not in the picture, trying to blend in with the snow to avoid playing)
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: My age is 50 in people years. I’d really rather not.
Teddy: I want to play. Hey! There’s a squirrel!
Fluffy: (smiling) Now’s my chance to escape.
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: I didn’t escape fast enough. Darn it! Zut alors!
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: Your ears fly up when you jump and pounce like a cat. Silly puppy.
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: If you absolutely insist, I will run around with you for a few minutes, Silly Ears.
Teddy: I want to play.
Fluffy: This is not nearly as much fun for me as it is for you. And did anyone ever tell you that you’re really big for a 5-month-old?
Teddy: I want to play! Or I’ll stick my tongue out at you.
Teddy: I want to play! Please?
A few minutes later, back inside the house…
Fluffy: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz
Teddy: Why won’t Fluffy play with me?
And because Fluffy doesn’t want to play, then I have to be Teddy’s playmate, which is a full-time job. This is great because everyone knows that I have a full staff who will take care of the laundry, cooking, laundry, cleaning, laundry, chauffeuring, and laundry for our family…Wait! I am the staff!
Make no bones about it. We are I am going to be very busy playing for the next few days. The laundry will get done…eventually!
~FTW
French Twisted Woman 
Super cute. I want to play with Teddy and Fluffy.
He is really adorable. Please come and play with us…before Sunday!
they are both so cute…great that you will puppy sit…and Fluffy is doing well to let the “Doodle” in the house…My cat Jill would have an absolute fit…But, then cats are quite different…in disposition…
Well, if he had had a choice, I think Fluffy would have voted “No” to the dog sitting. But he had no vote, so he’s learning to live with it. They get along well, but the Doodle wants to play non-stop, and Fluffy doesn’t. And the Doodle can’t understand why because playing is so much fun. He tries, continuously, all day long, to get Fluffy to play with him. He is tenacious. Just does not give up. It’s only been two days. By the end of the week, I think the Doodle will learn that if the old dog doesn’t want to play, you can’t make him!
I’m sure you are having a great time with your house guest…I would!
How very good of you to take care of someone else’s puppy – no matter how cute! Wait a minute – all puppies are cute. (It’s a trick of nature so that they find suckers – I mean humans – to take care of them!) Enjoy the rest of the week – even though you’ve had to give the staff some time off…
It’s true! C’est vrai! And babies are so cute for the same reason. You need to fall in love with them before they turn into terrible two-year-olds or teenagers! Thank you so much for stopping by. Merci!
Awww, this was so cute. I can’t imagine taking care of a puppy on Rockefeller’s turf. We have name variations for him too: Rockadoodle, Rockstar, Rocky, Peanut, Buddy, Peanut Buddy, and my personal favorite, Little Stinker Dog. I hope you survive surrogate parenthood. Give Chopin a hug of support from Rockefeller.
Surviving surrogate parenthood. I like that! May I borrow it for the title of my follow-up post, after Teddy leaves? If I have, in fact, actually survived? Chopin thanks you kindly for the hug. And I thank you for stopping by. Merci!
It is yours!
I wouldn’t mind play with either of them – very adorable and cute …. I imaging that Fluffy is a bit too chic French for really being into playing.
Exactement! You know Fluffy’s type very well. He does like to play, but on his terms. And he would prefer to play with a person, because he thinks that he is one!
Sorry, I though Fluffy was a girl … I have a friend with the same mdoel of dog .. and she are the same – she thinks she are human. *smile
That’s ok. EVERYONE thinks he’s a girl. I guess it’s the long hair. We had the same problem with my son when he had long hair. 🙂
Long hair can be confusing …. you have a great hairstyle .. going after your photo. Love .. had it like that in the early 70th.
Thanks. That’s me. With a great hairstyle from the 70s!
It’s very classy …. and will never go out of fashion. Now it’s back big times again on the catwalks.
That’s true! C’est vrai!