people who know me call me silly and some even call me mad. Rajib, my husband, calls it an obsession.... what ever it is .... i love THEM......
Who are they??????? The are the innumerable dog friends i have who light up my life every day. I was always a dog lover.. got it from my father maybe..... Baba grew up in the tea gardens of Assam and always had a pet dog .... i have grown up hearing stories of Jill, Baba's pet Alsatian and her numerous exploits from Baba and Amma.....
I so wanted to have one of my own.... my mom had given an ultimatum at home.. a dog or she and Baba did not want to take any risks..... a house with an old mother and two naughty kids without a wife.... was not the brightest of ideas, so no matter how much we yearned for a dog, we had to shelf the plan.
Our alternative arrangement were the numerous stray dogs Baba used to feed and my association with dogs started there. Baba had named all of them after the leading politicians of the state, so we had Mamata, Buddha and many others.... To add to my mom's misery these fellows used to follow my mom wherever she went around the neighborhood. They even followed my brother to the bus stop and waited till he got up on the bus. They were embarrassed but that did not have any impact on these little furry friends.
After i got married I discovered that my husband was petrified of dogs... so my obsession of strays continued. We could bring our first pet home in 2009 as a gift to my son. He was not fond of dogs, so i had to get someone else in my team. Cocoa, our Labrador brought a lot of change in our life. My son turned out to be a dog lover too and Rajib changed into the very caring daddy to Cocoa. Now that my son has also joined me, we have numerous furry friends who have adopted us and made our life even brighter. Cocoa was upset initially but now he also knows that there are many others whom his mummy and dadabhai loves...... though he will always be our priceless possession
Now we have Rajib, Cocoa and Ruru all lazying all day long , only getting up to eat...... lots of love and positive energy from Cocoa has made our lives more meaningful.... This blog is a tribute to Cocoa and all others who have brought in so much meaning to our lives.
Who are they??????? The are the innumerable dog friends i have who light up my life every day. I was always a dog lover.. got it from my father maybe..... Baba grew up in the tea gardens of Assam and always had a pet dog .... i have grown up hearing stories of Jill, Baba's pet Alsatian and her numerous exploits from Baba and Amma.....
I so wanted to have one of my own.... my mom had given an ultimatum at home.. a dog or she and Baba did not want to take any risks..... a house with an old mother and two naughty kids without a wife.... was not the brightest of ideas, so no matter how much we yearned for a dog, we had to shelf the plan.
Our alternative arrangement were the numerous stray dogs Baba used to feed and my association with dogs started there. Baba had named all of them after the leading politicians of the state, so we had Mamata, Buddha and many others.... To add to my mom's misery these fellows used to follow my mom wherever she went around the neighborhood. They even followed my brother to the bus stop and waited till he got up on the bus. They were embarrassed but that did not have any impact on these little furry friends.
After i got married I discovered that my husband was petrified of dogs... so my obsession of strays continued. We could bring our first pet home in 2009 as a gift to my son. He was not fond of dogs, so i had to get someone else in my team. Cocoa, our Labrador brought a lot of change in our life. My son turned out to be a dog lover too and Rajib changed into the very caring daddy to Cocoa. Now that my son has also joined me, we have numerous furry friends who have adopted us and made our life even brighter. Cocoa was upset initially but now he also knows that there are many others whom his mummy and dadabhai loves...... though he will always be our priceless possession
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