So as candy entered his 4th month, he was looking
more like a goat than a dog. I had never seen anything like that before!! I always
imagined Labradors to be round cuddly dogs, but my dog was elongated with a
pointy nose.. nd he was chewing the hell out of my hands on top of that..! we all
looked like wounded soldiers with scratches and bite marks and bruises all over
us.
But my mom kept assuring me that “yeh candy ki BAKRI wali
phase hai, he’l soon fill out” :P. I would hope each night that the next
morning candy would become the Labrador of my dreams.. :P :D
But the worst thing happened when my dad told me one day
that we were going to Pune for the summer vacations, and not just for 10-20,
but for 40 days!!! Going to Pune for vacations was always fun, but this time
the thought of leaving candy behind killed me..!! i knew i’d miss out on the
remaining part of his puppyhood.. im sure my dad felt worse about it, because
he is the ultimate dog lover in the house and his connection with candy was of
a father and son.
So 40 days in Pune were the most painfully slow days ever! I
hardly enjoyed all the treats and good times my grandparents were bestowing on
their granddaughter. I just wanted to go
back home as soon as possible. We called up Bhaiya all the time to check on how
candy was doing. We asked bhaiya if candy had grown more, but he kept assuring
us that candy was the same size as we had left him, as if candy’s growth would
stop so that we don’t miss it..
The drive from the airport to home was exciting. Mumma, papa
and i were all excited with a million questions in our heads. Would candy
remember us? Whom would he jump on the most? (ok, maybe these questions were
only in my head, my parents sure had better things to think about.. :P )
As soon as we entered the cantt, my head was out of the
window looking for candy anywhere i could see him, because he used to be
roaming all around the cantt, sometimes to the baniya shop, sometimes to the
temple, sometimes at Gate no. 2..! our bhaiya really used him as a shopping
cart sometimes to make candy hold things in his mouth and bring home.. :P
Anyways, he was at home that day, and as soon as we got out
of the car, we realised that he hadn’t forgotten us at all. But probably missed
us as much as we had missed him or probably even more.
But there was one change we noticed in him. Before leaving
for our holiday, mumma used to be his favourite, since she used to be the one
giving him food. But now i think he realised, that he had grown up and he
needed one Master he could follow and trust all his life. And as that master,
he chose my dad.
So my questions were now answered:
No 1. He did remember
us
No 2. He picked Papa to jump on first and dint stop jumping
on him for 15-20 mins. Mumma and my turn came much later..
Oh yes, by the way, the updates that bhaiya had given us
about candy’s growth were obviously wrong.
My Candy had become a
beautiful full grown Labrador.
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