Yorkie at My Pet Place

DALM | Welcoming Our Pet Dog

Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Welcoming Our Pet Dog 

My children have been on a quest for a dog for as long as I can remember. They have been preparing us for welcoming our pet dog in anticipation. Whenever we see a dog or visit a friend with dogs they would ask for a dog by using different tactics, they cajole, whine and beg.

They constantly ask us why we say no to their requests for a dog and promise to take care of him or her. DH mentioned he did not like dogs because when he was a child a dog bit him, to which my very logical daughter, said “how can you still be scared about something that happened soo long ago”! – Word 🙂

They have been persistent! They request to visit their auntie so they can play with her dog. When we go on holidays they count all the dogs they see on the road and look at them longingly.

They make me remember the widow in the bible who was so persistent in her request for justice/protection, that finally out of exasperation the judge granted her what she wanted (Reference Luke 18:1-8)

In the quest to find a middle ground we got a pet fish which they found boring, they said “hey the fish does not do anything and just goes around and around” – Fair enough. We even got catfish (one of them strangely disappeared which the guard blamed on heavy rainfall that swept the catfish away – I suspect catfish pepper soup).

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Orire and her dog at Pet Place

Then they asked for a parrot, they asked for a monkey. We even got them chickens! This happened after we went for pizza and upon seeing a hen they asked – “is this a real chicken”? I thought these are some city children! Asking if a chicken was real or not. So they asked for chickens that could lay eggs and thanks to Gran we got a hen and a cock – still waiting for them to lay eggs. This did not stop the requests for a dog by the way.

I have learnt that children are P-E-R-S-I-S-T-E-N-T! They did not stop asking for a dog as a pet. They just continued to hope that one day we would give in. I wonder if they understand the strategy they used which was to stay persistent, hopeful and to simply wear us down. They have been so strategic that before we knew what was going on,  we the parents, felt bad denying them their “simple” request for a dog.

Our spousal arbitrage was no longer working – I would say “daddy doesn’t want a dog” and he would say “Mummy doesn’t want a dog” to the point that we confused each other and forgot who really didn’t want the dog! They got us to a point that we did not know why and who was saying no anymore.

Finally one day, I had had it! I just felt mean saying “No” a minute longer, so I prayed and sent a whatsapp to DH – who wrote back yes! lets get a dog. So I promptly placed a call to My Pet Place, we agreed that if she had a yorkie we will get one. As it turns out she had one last Yorkshire terrier left and she could be ours. This was the final sign that we were meant to get a puppy.

Yorkie at My Pet Place
Our pet and her grandma

So welcome Sophie – Our 4 month old yorkie has arrived at our house! Persistence sure pays off! We shouldn’t forget that.

 

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