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Naughty, My Doggy!!
He was only 6 days old, when he first visited us.
Ours was a Joint-Family, with elders occupying the Ground floor and we kids had rooms in the First floor. One day, my brother's friend, Lucky got 3 Puppies to our room, hiding from the Elders in a box.
I got milk for the Puppies in a Bowl. Little did I know that, one day one of them will become our Family. It was fun playing with them. Soon they became our regular visitors and had to disclose to the Family.
Then, it was my Brother's Birthday, when Lucky gifted him, a Puppy as a Birthday gift. We named him "Naughty" and he was always busy proving true to his name.
Started our journey of Parenting, Training, his Vaccinations..Soon he became our Family. Always kept us occupied with his mischiefs. Naughty grew up to be a Very friendly 🐕, didn't waste his Energy barking on Strangers (😄😄). He only greeted known ones. Nevertheless, thiefs started staying away, since he came. He used to sit near the gate.
Then came the stage of Adolescence. There was a Black female 🐕 (Bitch), who used to accompany him sitting on the other side of the gate. Let's name her "Saitani" for the sake of the story. My poor Baby fell in Love with her. And, as LOVE IS BLIND, so was Naughty. He used to pass his food to Saitani across the gate. We realised, only when Naughty's weight had stopped increasing and we started keeping an eye 👁️ on him, his food habits. Once, when the gate was left open, my HERO left the house for Saitani (LOVE MAKES ONE DO ALL UNIMAGINABLE THINGS ). We panicked, when Naughty didn't return till evening. Those were the days of Cable TV, We put a MISSING MESSAGE in the cable TV and promised a Reward for getting back Naughty. After 2 days, our Gardener got him, in a bad condition. He was bitten by those Street Dogs, body was full of BRUISES, his ears were torn (my poooor Baby). His ears were stitched by the VET and was given some injections, too.
Life continued. Everyone was attached to him and he was equally attached. 🐕 ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOYALTY. I lost my Grandfather, everyone in the family were mourning and so was Naughty. He had stopped eating. My son was also young. Keeping my son with Naughty (he used to take Care of the human Baby), I used to cook 2 PAROTHAS for both of them. Used to feed both of them, from the same plate with my own hands. It's only then, Naughty had something.
Even Naughty was aging. Frequently, used to keep unwell, so visits to Doctors. After staying for 17 long years with us, he left us one day, with some fond memories.
This picture is of his last days.
Missing him, so thought of writing about him.
INDIVIDUALS LEAVE, BUT MEMORIES STAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY BROTHER. You entered in our lives on 10th of December, since then we celebrate this Day as your Birthday. You will be happy to know that, now you have 3 nieces, too. They are named Shrishti, Sakshi and the new one, Chandni. We have decided not to have human child, but adopt new Dogs. Love You always.
© Monisha Pathak
#dogslove #pets#family #memories
Ours was a Joint-Family, with elders occupying the Ground floor and we kids had rooms in the First floor. One day, my brother's friend, Lucky got 3 Puppies to our room, hiding from the Elders in a box.
I got milk for the Puppies in a Bowl. Little did I know that, one day one of them will become our Family. It was fun playing with them. Soon they became our regular visitors and had to disclose to the Family.
Then, it was my Brother's Birthday, when Lucky gifted him, a Puppy as a Birthday gift. We named him "Naughty" and he was always busy proving true to his name.
Started our journey of Parenting, Training, his Vaccinations..Soon he became our Family. Always kept us occupied with his mischiefs. Naughty grew up to be a Very friendly 🐕, didn't waste his Energy barking on Strangers (😄😄). He only greeted known ones. Nevertheless, thiefs started staying away, since he came. He used to sit near the gate.
Then came the stage of Adolescence. There was a Black female 🐕 (Bitch), who used to accompany him sitting on the other side of the gate. Let's name her "Saitani" for the sake of the story. My poor Baby fell in Love with her. And, as LOVE IS BLIND, so was Naughty. He used to pass his food to Saitani across the gate. We realised, only when Naughty's weight had stopped increasing and we started keeping an eye 👁️ on him, his food habits. Once, when the gate was left open, my HERO left the house for Saitani (LOVE MAKES ONE DO ALL UNIMAGINABLE THINGS ). We panicked, when Naughty didn't return till evening. Those were the days of Cable TV, We put a MISSING MESSAGE in the cable TV and promised a Reward for getting back Naughty. After 2 days, our Gardener got him, in a bad condition. He was bitten by those Street Dogs, body was full of BRUISES, his ears were torn (my poooor Baby). His ears were stitched by the VET and was given some injections, too.
Life continued. Everyone was attached to him and he was equally attached. 🐕 ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOYALTY. I lost my Grandfather, everyone in the family were mourning and so was Naughty. He had stopped eating. My son was also young. Keeping my son with Naughty (he used to take Care of the human Baby), I used to cook 2 PAROTHAS for both of them. Used to feed both of them, from the same plate with my own hands. It's only then, Naughty had something.
Even Naughty was aging. Frequently, used to keep unwell, so visits to Doctors. After staying for 17 long years with us, he left us one day, with some fond memories.
This picture is of his last days.
Missing him, so thought of writing about him.
INDIVIDUALS LEAVE, BUT MEMORIES STAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY BROTHER. You entered in our lives on 10th of December, since then we celebrate this Day as your Birthday. You will be happy to know that, now you have 3 nieces, too. They are named Shrishti, Sakshi and the new one, Chandni. We have decided not to have human child, but adopt new Dogs. Love You always.
© Monisha Pathak
#dogslove #pets#family #memories
