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It seems that we now have a puppy. We did not want, nor did we encourage the acquisition of a puppy. Really, our family is more cat people than dog people, but we ended up with a puppy anyway. The issue with this particular puppy is how big it will eventually get. If this puppy continues to grow as it is projected, it will be quite large indeed. “What kind of puppy did you get?” you might ask. Well, fine reader, we got a Little Manrador Retriever.
It seems for some inexplicable reason that Little Man has started a persona that is a puppy. It is wonderful to see him using his imagination, but honestly we have no idea where he picked up his doggish mannerisms. We do not own a dog, his caregivers do not own a dog, he doesn’t watch any shows that prominently feature dogs, no one that we know of chat about dogs consistently, and yet, he plays the part of the dog very well. He crawls around and barks and yips as if he were a juvenile dog. It is all so weird, because we have no idea where he got the idea.
Far be it from us not to use his obedient canine persona against him though.
Little Man, grab a diaper so we can change you,
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
Little Man Grab a diaper so we can change you.
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
LITTLE MAN Grab a diaper so that we can change you….
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
If only there were a puppy to bring me a diaper so I could change him
Ruff! He grabs a diaper and crawls over to me to get changed.
Little Man, it’s time for your bath.
(silence, continues playing with the train)
Little Man! Time for your bath!
(silence, continues playing with the train)
LITTLE MAN, You need to come take your bath
(silence, continues playing with the train)
I have a bath up here that is just waiting for a puppy!
Arf! He crawls up the stares and sheds his clothes to get into the bathtub
You need to finish up your breakfast so we can get going
(silence, studied ignoring)
Little Man, finish up your breakfast so we can get you to Grandma and Grandpa’s
(silence, studied ignoring)
For the love of…. I guess I will have to feed the rest of Little Man’s breakfast to this cute little puppy that is studiously ignoring me.
Woof! And he takes down the rest of breakfast eating like a puppy. It is good that he is eating, but, Great Googly Moogly, is it messy.
To recap:
Little Man seems to be a puppy
Wifey and I are flabbergasted by this turn of events
The puppy listens to us much more than Little Man
In some ways we like having the puppy around
Had to put out a fire in the kitchen yesterday
I had to clean the oven out yesterday
Yes, those events are inter-related
Trying something new for tomorrow’s blog
It is new, and yet old
But going to be more frequent
And deliberate
Hopefully it will help with the blogger’s block I keep getting
It seems for some inexplicable reason that Little Man has started a persona that is a puppy. It is wonderful to see him using his imagination, but honestly we have no idea where he picked up his doggish mannerisms. We do not own a dog, his caregivers do not own a dog, he doesn’t watch any shows that prominently feature dogs, no one that we know of chat about dogs consistently, and yet, he plays the part of the dog very well. He crawls around and barks and yips as if he were a juvenile dog. It is all so weird, because we have no idea where he got the idea.
Far be it from us not to use his obedient canine persona against him though.
Little Man, grab a diaper so we can change you,
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
Little Man Grab a diaper so we can change you.
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
LITTLE MAN Grab a diaper so that we can change you….
(silence, looks through his sticker book)
If only there were a puppy to bring me a diaper so I could change him
Ruff! He grabs a diaper and crawls over to me to get changed.
Little Man, it’s time for your bath.
(silence, continues playing with the train)
Little Man! Time for your bath!
(silence, continues playing with the train)
LITTLE MAN, You need to come take your bath
(silence, continues playing with the train)
I have a bath up here that is just waiting for a puppy!
Arf! He crawls up the stares and sheds his clothes to get into the bathtub
You need to finish up your breakfast so we can get going
(silence, studied ignoring)
Little Man, finish up your breakfast so we can get you to Grandma and Grandpa’s
(silence, studied ignoring)
For the love of…. I guess I will have to feed the rest of Little Man’s breakfast to this cute little puppy that is studiously ignoring me.
Woof! And he takes down the rest of breakfast eating like a puppy. It is good that he is eating, but, Great Googly Moogly, is it messy.
To recap:
Little Man seems to be a puppy
Wifey and I are flabbergasted by this turn of events
The puppy listens to us much more than Little Man
In some ways we like having the puppy around
Had to put out a fire in the kitchen yesterday
I had to clean the oven out yesterday
Yes, those events are inter-related
Trying something new for tomorrow’s blog
It is new, and yet old
But going to be more frequent
And deliberate
Hopefully it will help with the blogger’s block I keep getting
Labels: Little Man
7 Comments:
Ha! I got "puppy" to share his train at COSI today. I'm going to use this phase as long as I can.
I thought this post's title was referring to the super-villain, "The Puppy." He uses his sad sad eyes and cute little fuzzy wuzzy wittle face to cause innocent bystanders to give him all the cash they have on them. Sometimes they even go get money from an ATm for this nefarious crook. It is usually raining when they do that.
I had him in my grasp one time, but he hit me with those pupp-dog eyes of his and I just couldn't bear to take him in... Damn You PUPPY!!!!
ummm... where was I, oh yeah, glad this was not another post about that villain.
both our children at one point were convinced they were canines, and acted accordintgly when we tried to be good parents.
it's okay. at some point, senility will set in, and I'll have my revenge. ARF! ARF!
Am I the only one who sees the truth here? Little Man is crying out for a real dog of his own! Fear not, Little Man, I hear your cries. Watch your front porch. Who knows, maybe a puppy of your very own will just show up one day.
ducky:
Honestly the dog behavior is not so troubling. Dogs are very trainable, while kids... not so much. The puzzling piece is the total lack of dog stimuli to cause this mimicry.
Anon:
If it isn't a certain graphic designer in a dog-suit, Wifey and Little Man don't want any part of it.
Dustin:
I think I will try to market this as a TV show, but I am not sure if I should be the Baby Wisperer on Animal Planet, or the Dog Wisperer on Lifetime.
Dustin:
Yeah, but he doesn't really hunt down and kill anything. he just crawls around and barks.
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