My Aura

After Aura’s long travel from Gympie , I let her walk around pee. I forgot how small she was. She was so tiny. She had a pee and then gave her some special water. I had made her some crisis drops for her as I  know that it would be a big thing for her coming here to live with all of us. Tonight will be the first night away from her brother and sisters. There is a lot of   changes in her little life. Today and I wanted her to feel safe and calm. We were in a bit of a rush as  it was time to get back in the car and get the kids from school. On the way to school she sat on my lap on her new pink baby blanket Chris and I had bought for her. It  was a human baby pack, and came with a teddy and a little pillow.  I couldn’t stop patting her and kissing her. She looked so small, so cute with her tiny little lump on her head. I was so excited and couldn’t stop crying with excitement and worry. She just fell asleep all the way to school. We got to school and I carried her up and sat with her.  Everybody was touching her saying  how cute she was and stuff. The bell rang and she shit herself.  All the kids came up and started patting her and she was getting more and more frightened.  I stood up and turned so they would stop touching her and she buried her head into my arms. The kids came down and once again I said “This is my puppy. Yep we are taking her home”. Once again they did not believe me because I often nurse other peoples puppy and say its mine.“They just laughed and said “sure” and  carried on their chatter. So that was that and we all started to walk to the car. By the time  we got into the car they were saying “You are really serious. She is ours to keep forever.” They just didn’t know what to say next. I was so worried about how she would fit in. I wanted her to be my companion. I was worried the kids would all pick her  up all the time, and drop her , step on her, and she was being  bombarded by the five kids.   As we drove home form school we laid some rules down and told them what our plans were to introduce her to the big family. We gave each of the children a chicken treat and made them sit in a circle and  I put Aura in the middle and let her go to them. That way they could pat her and she could smell them ,let her go to them instead of all them bombarding her. One of the kids was crying as he was so excited about getting Aura. The others did not stop saying ,”thankyou.” All went well.  We then took her outside and she peed and played for a bit. Chris and I had a coffee and she sat asleep on my lap. Not for too long as it was getting onto tea time. I helped a little in the kitchen but I couldn’t drag myself away form her. Anyway Chris cooked a nice meal. Aura loved hers too. The kids had a play with her and some toys but she was just stuffed. The kids all got tucked in to bed one by one and we had turned lights out and went upstairs to watch some T.V. with Aura . She curled up in between Chris and I and went to sleep. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. I couldn’t believe I had another dog. I sort of felt guilty has my other  dog Molly was only gone for a short period. After some T.V I got Aura sorted for bed. I put her special little pink blanket   that she had been laying on  in cosy little bed. We bought her a black one  with lots of little pink footprints all over it. We also put her little pillow in that she could sleep with.  I was a little worried about her first night in her new home, new bed and sleeping by herself. She has slept with her sister and brother for so long, and now she will be sleeping alone.

How will she sleep tonight I wonder?