Puppy Love

Jeff missed an important event today. Our little puppy boy, became a man. I'm pretty sure that what my friend, Gina, and I witnessed this afternoon was love. You see, we had a play date with Shea and her dog Roxy. It was scary how clearly their courtship reflected that of Jeff and I. There's however, progressed over the course of two hours, ours took a bit longer than that. 


As any normal relationship begins, there was a meet and greet. At first sight, Shea and Roxy were eager to meet. They took turns smelling each other. Much like people would shake hands and say, "so nice to meet you." Once the greeting was done, Shea took it to the next level: teasing. Think about it. What happens after you meet and you think you may like someone? Teasing! Jeff was the master of teasing. He may not have even meant it, but boy was he good! I fell right into the trap. In my spare time, I longed to be teased! It became an addiction. Shea must have learned this from his Papa, as he is quiet the tease. He immediately grabbed the frisbee and began teasing poor little Roxy with it. Little did he know, the teasing would lead to much, much more!

It was clear that Roxy soon felt that longing that I did. And, what else is there to do when you have that desire than to chase! In search of teasing, I chased Jeff. I chased him around Utica College, and basically the whole city of Utica. I wanted to be where he was in hopes of running into him. This wasn't hard as we both played basketball and spent endless hours in the athletic center. Jeff had no chance of getting away from me, no matter how hard he tried. The same proved true with Shea and Roxy. Roxy began the chase. Shea, unsuspectedly, just kept running. He would not let her catch him. He even took to hiding behind the shed at one point. His hiding was to no avail. Just like Jeff and I being confined to the athletic center, Shea and Roxy were confined to the fenced in backyard. There was no way to escape!


After being chased long enough, it seems as though the male has nothing left to do but surrender. Jeff did. He was so tired of me chasing him around, he decided it would just be easier to date me. Although Shea is in great shape, he does get tired at times. His surrendering occurred in the form of his laying down and allowing Roxy to get close to him. 

From here, things got serious. Shea started going behind the shed again, but not to get away from Roxy. More so, to get away from Gina and I. After they got to know each other a little better, behind closed doors, they decided they liked each other enough to go public. They began showing public displays of affection. They let us see them together. They showed us they liked each other. They held paws and looked into each other's eyes like nobody else mattered.

Roxy turned out to be a take charge kind of girl. She basically told Shea what she wanted and made him conform. And, did he ever!

Right before my eyes, she turned my boy into a man! I almost felt uncomfortable being present. But, I feel like I have a lot to learn from Roxy. I like the idea of conformity! Maybe I could get Jeff to rub my feet or play with my hair if I had the kind of power Roxy does!

Either way, Shea is newly in love. Call it puppy love if you'd like, but Jeff and I's baby is certainly no puppy anymore. He is a man-dog!