A Big Mistake?

So this past Thanksgiving we went to my grandparent’s house and my mom and sisters went shopping Thursday evening. While shopping, my mom saw her cousin Rebecca, who breeds Golden Retrievers. She was so excited when she saw my mom, she told her, “I have fifteen puppies!”  My mother falls for puppies like no other person I know. We’ve had I don’t know how many puppies in the eighteen years I’ve been alive. My mom asked Rebecca to send her pictures of her puppies. That was her first mistake. After seeing the pictures she was in love.

 Now you see, we already had a dog, a Gordon Setter named Copper. He is my baby and very good. My younger sister, Dani, has never really liked dogs very much and she always tells Copper to go away and makes fun of him. But when she saw the pictures of the puppies, she was hooked too. After going back and forth and debating on whether or not we needed another puppy, they decided to just go look at them. That was their second mistake.

My dad and I went with my grandparents to clean a building the work for. We were just finishing up when my mom pulled up in the van and all the girls piled out… with a puppy! Dani said that the puppy could be her graduation gift. And for some reason my parents agreed to it. The puppy was so fluffy, cute, and little. The puppy came home with us and is now a spoiled little puppy. Their third mistake.

Dani named her Jade. She is pretty cute. And for the first two days she was calm and quiet, and didn’t seem to be a stinker at all. That didn’t last long. After we got home from the weekend at my grandparent’s all things changed. She was a terror. She totally annoyed Copper. And everything went in her mouth. When she chased you, her mouth was open and she would bite your ankles when you least expected it.

She is doing better now, although she is still a stinker. Copper puts up with her, but still doesn’t love her. Mom says, “If only she was as good as she is cute”.  And how true it is. She is such a busybody. Always moving around and getting into everything. Dani was getting annoyed with her the other day, and my mom told her, “Its good practice for having kids.” I laughed. My sister doesn’t like dogs very much, so I’m not really sure why she thought getting her own puppy was a good idea. But she has remained consistent with her decision. So whether it was a mistake to get another puppy or not is yet to be decided. Who knows, maybe, just maybe, she will be as good as my dog. ;)