Friday, October 3, 2008

A Love-Hate Relationship. . .


It's moments like these that I can't regret getting a puppy. In the last year and a half I have not been his biggest fan. . .and he has not been Signe's biggest fan.

These two crack me up. Their relationship resembles nothing so much as sibling rivalry. I suspect if we had a baby Signe would treat it similarly. She LOVES Charly. Quite physically. He may be four pounds of fluff, but to consider him a stuffed toy to tote around is an insult to his gargantuan pit bull ego. One Signe makes on a daily basis.

Their day starts with a tug of war. . .with her nightgown. . .her blanket. . .her toys. . .her food--this aspect she hates. But that doesn't stop her from chasing him around attempting to hold, carry, and generally smother him in love and affection. He only sees it as smothering.

But in the end you know he loves her when he occasionally sits nicely in her lap and lets himself be pet and squeezed. . .and he licks her cheeks. . .and she giggles uncontrollably. Someone ought to bottle that stuff. That contagious little bubbling laughter would sell like hot cakes.

4 comments:

Jennifer P. said...

That is such a gorgeous picture of the two of them! You can surely see their "relationship" in it :)!

Emily said...

That picture is so cute.

Shalice said...

I would buy that bottle!

Unknown said...

Aww, that is so sweet. What breed of dog is he? A Lhasa Apso?