Mini Carnivores

We have two Chihuahua pups, one is a miniature weighing 4.5 pounds, and the other is small weighing 6 pounds.  Blu and Biscuit keep our home full of puppy chaos.  They are good pups that love to bark at doorbells (real and television generated), use their sniffers to constantly vacuum the floor, fight and wrestle over their toys like kids normally do, take off with anything that hits the ground such as used dryer sheets, paper towels, or mail,  initiate a defensive bark at anyone who comes to visit (even when they’ve made many previous visits), clean my husband’s chest after every meal (just in case he dropped something), nap on my lap, strut around like they own the house, and share our bed at night.

Needless to say, we love them and couldn’t imagine our lives without them.  We have certainly been tied more to our home with them in our lives.  No more spontaneous trips to the beach or a quick weekend getaway.  We have to plan things out now.  Their crate keeps them safe for short runs of four hours or less.  For longer day trips away from home, they spend time in our master bathroom.  (It is quite big and allows them space to roam around).  The first time we left them there for the day, they did well.  The second time we came home to a bathroom full of shredded toilet paper!  It looked as though it had snowed inside!  All we could do was laugh – and we now remember to remove the temptation.

They love toys.  We have at least a dozen stuffed animals we play fetch with.  Not long ago, the animals began meeting their demise as our mini carnivores began to tear the squeaky bladders out of them.  Every day, one animal would have its white guts spread out across our living room rug.   They have since gone through every toy or animal we have and gutted them.  We don’t have toys anymore, just piles of torn cloth that once formed something cute and cuddly.  We’re not sure what we’ll do when the piles of cloth turn into tiny pieces of unrecognizable fluff and are placed in the trash can.  We refuse to buy any more toys that will end up being massacred by mini serial killers.     

I guess that for cute and cuddly, we’ll have to settle for the two of them just the way they are.  No matter what they destroy, they are perfect love in action.  Those big eyes and happy wagging tails make me laugh and bring me peace.  I only have to gaze at them cuddled together on their blanket to know that I wouldn’t change a thing.  I fell in love with them the moment we met…and they know it too!  I hope that if you have animals in your life, they melt your heart and bring you happiness as well.