Saturday, December 10, 2011 ' 2:36 PM Y
& your soul is all i ever wanted
Floss 10.12.11
Couch-sharing time with Floss, October 2011Floss- Sayang dog - Manja dog - Naughty!! - Crazy dog - Silly dog - Greedy dog - keh po chee (busy body) !! - Spoilt dog, so spoilt! - Monkey! - yummy!!! - vitamin!! - DOG!!!! -
Nicknames and endearments to accompany snuggle-sessions, play, annoy-the-owner, feed-me piteous looks, Oii-gimme-food!-shoves, curl-up-on-rugs-and-sofas and of course, welcome-home-excitement. Missing the welcome home sessions will hit the hardest. How much more awesome can it be to walk up to your front door after a long day and a long drive and see one little dog expectantly waiting, ears perked up and tail wagging at 3 million-wags-per-hour?
"It doesn't matter if you've had a bad day or are in a terrible mood - I'm so happy to see you! Hold on a sec, gotta inspect the car tyres for delicious smells. Ok done, we can go in, open the door for me please! Oh hurry up! Good good, kitchen is in order. Now scratch my back for me please. Yeap I am your sayang dog! Omigosh-here-is-Hillary-sitting-herself-at-the-dining-table-with-food!!!! *abandons xtine, new target, hillary* GIMMEEEEEEEEEE...pleeeaaaaaaase!"
That's Floss the Min Pin, a dog whose bark is 10x her size....but doesn't realize it. So cute!
There are so many things I adore about my doggie
1. the way she sleeps on my tummy.
Saturday afternoons on the couch together is OUR bonding time. It reached the point where xtine's lap/tummy almost equalled couch, and that was fine by me. I suspect it is because I am the closest proxy for a hot water bottle on a day when Floss' ears are cold. Either that or I was utterly deluded and what actually transpired was my "victory" for couch space.
2. how her ears lie FLAT when she is happy
3. slow tail-wag as she snuggles and gets her back scratched
4. how she curls up on the piano cover next to me when I play the piano
5. inspections inspections inspections - as if the car and house are not in order until she checks them
6. her cute way of trotting briskly (such beautiful action)
7. spinning around (a la chasing her own tail) when I open the door
8. how she falls asleep when I scratch her head and ears
9. play biting and chasing around the house (ears flat of course)
10. the resigned look "fineeeee but don't take too long" during bath time
11. how she stole the durian from Hillary's hand
12. how I have to feed her a few pieces of dog food FROM MY HAND before she starts eating proper
13. the snuff of disapproval when she smells other dogs' scents on me or my clothes
14. how she jumps onto the couch every chance she gets and curls up into a ball
15. how she behaves on car rides
16. how she licks me affectionately during massage-and-scratch sessions
17. the way she crosses her legs in a lady like manner when sitting down
18. Floss and Hillary playing kissing and stick-my-tongue-out-repeatedly-and-rapidly
19. how she adores xin hua
20. delegation of affection between Hillary and Xtine
21. how she pointedly ignored me when annoyed with me (such as after bath time)
22. the silkiness of her fur post-bath time
23. politely taking the biscuit in my hand and trotting off to nibble it somewhere
24. un-yappiness and un-lickiness of her character (lady like and proper)
and on and on and on
Floss,
I will never forget our last night sharing the couch. Hopefully I kept you warmer and the water and glucose helped to ease your suffering a little. I was touched when you came to sit nearby when I played the piano for a short while (before I realized you felt simply terrible) I wish I could have spent the last day with you too. A little glucose at 7am in the morning and settling you on the couch is all I could do. I'm sure you did your best post-op like the determined thing that you are. No worries about us, we love you so much and did all we could (I'm sure you know). Please move on without any regret or attachments, we will miss you but we will be fine.
After all, we've had Glorious times my darling doggie. I know sometimes we smacked you (for running out, you're so tiny anything wouldn't see you!) and scolded you and didn't entertain your begging (but otherwise the vet wouldn't have said you looked fabulous for your age, or that you were a very healthy dog!) and sometimes did things you hated (like the soaking out of fleas and flea picking from your paws), but I think we've had so much fun together. Thanks for all the love from your doggie heart, which is way bigger than your bark.
xoxo
Just buried Floss right outside the house. 10 years, and we have had her for 6.5 of them. Thank you everyone for all the love and puppy prayers and support.
