LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD




One of my neighbors has rescued a pit bull puppy. My own pit bull, giant lug-head linebacker that he is, has fallen IN LOVE with her. He licks her, and nudges her around with his giant anvil head, and simply cannot leave her alone.

AKDP was caring for C. when I was away last weekend, and told me I almost came home to another dog, given how well C. and this new pup got on together. I need another dog like I need a hole in the head. Especially a barely weaned, totally untrained and completely NOT housebroken 8 week old pittie rescue. Having ONE pit bull is complicated. We can't travel to many places, either because of breed restrictions in those states/provinces or because the airlines have breed restrictions themselves. It's hard to find places that will rent to people who own pitties (this is why he is registered to me as a "terrier mix." Wink, wink.) It is hard to get home owner's insurance, too.

People think I am insane with just C.. They recoil from us, when we walk down the street.

Add another pit bull to the mix and you have two fiercely strong, very stubborn, impulsive, muscle-bound, scary-looking clowns running amok all over your life. They must be crated separately when you leave, because there is the risk that they could fight and we all know how THAT concludes. They need to be watched constantly, until it is determined that they won't (literally) kill each other. They need serious and disciplined training to get themselves under control. This takes YEARS. C. is 6 and only now can be trusted off-leash. (And forget it if there's a cat running in front of him...)*

Have I mentioned the fact that I am leaving for the UK on Sunday, and will be gone for 3 weeks?

And, that TF is in cop school until October, which is a 9-hour/day deal? He is also trying to sell his condo, and we are talking about moving in together, and how and why. (One thought is that he should move in with me, and yet my apartment is teeny. We might kill each other. But I am loathe to move, after last summer's debacle.) And, oh yeah, there's also my whole research agenda trying-to-write-a-book thing.

Do I, do we, need to add a lil' pittie to this situation? Pragmatically, of course not.

Then again, C. licks her, and rests his nose on her belly, and licks her. And, also, she looks like this:





We're ruined. We really are.


*Pit bulls are also hilarious, charming snuggle-bugs. They are sluts for love, and they are fiercely loyal, determined, tough, tolerant dogs. They are excellent with children, graceful athletes, and clownish as all get out.

Having two would mean that they could keep each other excellent and sweet company.