mstriumph
29th January 2007, 16:20
saw the ad - went and viewed ............ and there he was! .... DEFINATELY 'our' dawg
a 'mostly kelpie' pup -------- black/tan/white .... cute as a button :yes: and he LIKED us
owners not there so left note and phoned when we got home ....
"oh yes -- the smallest boy - yes, black tan and white, yes - he's still here ---- no, he's not spoken for yet - good choice! - yes, i'll keep him for when you get here ......." honestly - they SOUNDED quite normal ....
fitted up the travelling box with soft towels and loaded into car then, via the hardware store ---- staggered back to car with bags of puppy food, litter tray, bowls and other necessary puppy accoutrements - and ON TO PICK UP OUR PUP
got greeted with the sprinkler being moved as soon as they saw us - so it was impossible to approach the house without getting soaked ...... put it down to them being - well - thoughtful
[ it was REALLY hot and very refreshing, really, having to slosh through all that water........ ]
THEN
[aggressively] "You can't have the smallest pup!!" followed by "WE ARE KEEPING THE SMALLEST PUP ....... well, he wasn't the smallest until yesterday, when his brother went but WE ARE KEEPING HIM" then "Pick one of the other pups but you can't have the smallest pup"
.......... so - we turned, walked back thru the spray and drove our sodden selves and our puppyless car full of puppy-stuff home with heavy hearts ........ *sigh*
you know, i STILL don't know what happened there ..... mebbe our cat bribed them? mebbe they heard i had recipes for puppies? mebbe THEY have recipes for puppies? ......... i'm confused, - i mean a "sorry, he's spoken for" at the outset would have saved a whole lotta grief?
what makes people behave like arseholes?
ok - rant over :sunny:
pssssst - anyone want a pile of un-used puppy stuff? cheap? *sigh*
a 'mostly kelpie' pup -------- black/tan/white .... cute as a button :yes: and he LIKED us
owners not there so left note and phoned when we got home ....
"oh yes -- the smallest boy - yes, black tan and white, yes - he's still here ---- no, he's not spoken for yet - good choice! - yes, i'll keep him for when you get here ......." honestly - they SOUNDED quite normal ....
fitted up the travelling box with soft towels and loaded into car then, via the hardware store ---- staggered back to car with bags of puppy food, litter tray, bowls and other necessary puppy accoutrements - and ON TO PICK UP OUR PUP
got greeted with the sprinkler being moved as soon as they saw us - so it was impossible to approach the house without getting soaked ...... put it down to them being - well - thoughtful
[ it was REALLY hot and very refreshing, really, having to slosh through all that water........ ]
THEN
[aggressively] "You can't have the smallest pup!!" followed by "WE ARE KEEPING THE SMALLEST PUP ....... well, he wasn't the smallest until yesterday, when his brother went but WE ARE KEEPING HIM" then "Pick one of the other pups but you can't have the smallest pup"
.......... so - we turned, walked back thru the spray and drove our sodden selves and our puppyless car full of puppy-stuff home with heavy hearts ........ *sigh*
you know, i STILL don't know what happened there ..... mebbe our cat bribed them? mebbe they heard i had recipes for puppies? mebbe THEY have recipes for puppies? ......... i'm confused, - i mean a "sorry, he's spoken for" at the outset would have saved a whole lotta grief?
what makes people behave like arseholes?
ok - rant over :sunny:
pssssst - anyone want a pile of un-used puppy stuff? cheap? *sigh*