I never thought a time would come that I would have a chance to be a dog mom even for a brief period. I mean, yes I always wanted to have a dog of my own but I am not yet ready for now and also I'm a bit irresponsible and lazy so how can I take care of another living thing aside myself??? My neighbor and a friend have a dog and I see how she takes care of it like a kid and the time she spent with her dog takes a lot of time. So I was thinking that it's not yet for me to have my own dog. Aside from all the things that she does for her dog, there's also the finances. From buying the food, to vet visit to peepad and other dog stuff. I can't barely support myself cuz I always fell short with my finances. I am still blessed for all the provisions that God has given me, that's why I'm not really struggling. And lastly, I'm not yet ready to have my own dog as I am an ex-pat and in the future, I will go home in my country and how am I gonna bring my dog back home? I am scared of flying and how am I gonna survive having a dog and all when traveling. So thinking all these things I am sure not to get a dog while I'm here in Thailand. But then this tiny baby pup came to us. It was meant for my friend since she's a dog mom. To make the story short the owner of the pup abandoned him and so they tried to find him a new home. A co-teacher who knew that my friend is dog mom decided to give it to my friend we were a mess cause it came unexpectedly and it was that time that I won in a K-pop event, so we were just so happy and excited when the pup came we were like what are we gonna do with it, my friend suggested that I took it but I refused as I've said I'm not yet ready. So she said she will take care of it and will try to find a home for him. But for two straight nights, Max (that's what she named him) was crying in the middle of the night and so my friend was losing it (hahaha). She was so determined to give him back to those people who gave it to us. So I offered to take him at night so they could get some sleep. When Max was with me we were fine. He didn't cry and I just let him be. But I didn't really get a lot of sleep as I am checking on him from time to time. He was so tiny and super cute. We survived our first night and so I was ready for our second night but a friend came by and sort of connected with our baby boy so he said he will try to take care of him for a week and see how it goes and he fell in love with our Maxie. Finally, our Maxie found a new home, but we really miss him too.
When Max's dad needs to go to another province for a week he asked me to take care of him and of course, I said yes but at the same time I am worried. I'm not sure if I can take care of him that long. To be honest I was a mess the first few days. I even stopped doing my exercise and it kind of threw me out of my routine. But I just love the fact that Max is waiting for me every time I come home from work. I didn't show it but I was always excited to go home and play with him (hahaha). Maybe because he's so cute that I can't do anything other than watching him or playing with him or cuddle him (hahaha). I never cleaned my room that much when I was alone but when Max was staying with me I had to mop my floor twice just so it won't smell bad inside. I would say he took most of my time but I didn't really mind. I was still finding the balance of having a dog living with me.
The second week of having him was a bit easy cause we were able to make a routine. I have trained him with the pee pad, it took off a lot of work once he can pee and poop on his pee pad. Trained him a bit with the "sit down" routine. He's so cute!!!! He's very playful and he likes to bite things. I had a lot of scratches cuz of him. He bit me so many times but only soft bites. There are times he's fine with cuddle time but there are times that he doesn't even want to play with me (hahaha). He's kind of moody too. And he eats a lot!!! like super a lot (hahaha) maybe because he's growing that's why. Those two weeks proved that I can take care of another living thing aside myself (hahaha). Max came just the right time when our family lost a very dear member. He helped me not to wallow on the despair and the grief. Because of him, I was able to accept my dear uncle's death with little less pain in my heart. While the rest of my family had been crying and just thinking of the sad things I was busy taking care of Max. He definitely helped me cope up with the sadness. He became a good distraction during those trying times. While he was with me everyone was telling me to officially adopt him, but I told them that he's dad wants him back and I can't just take him from his dad. And so here I am missing him every day.
Whoa never thought I would survive those weeks. I think I have been a little bit more responsible during those weeks (hahaha). When I go home for good I would definitely get a dog.
Here are some of our photos:
