MY AURA
My little aura’s first night alone without her sister. I really felt for her, she was so tiny and I just wanted her to sleep with me. I had bought her a little bed and put her pink blanket in with her. The bed looked so big for her. I had put some newspaper down in the bathroom hoping she would just pee on that instead of peeing on the carpet. We had turned the lights out and I gave her a kiss goodnight and tucked her into her bed. As soon as I put her in, she would jump out. She would sit next to my bed and bark and cry wanting to get up with me. I would pick her up and put her back in. We did this back and forth for about ½ hour. Then there was 5 min of quiet time I hoped that was the end of the whining. Oh no she just got up for a pee. She came back and started barking again. I kept just putting her back in bed. I kept repeating, “it’s ok go back to bed.”This went on until about 1.30am. I waited till there was a quiet moment and I lifted her up and put her up in bed with me. I tried so hard to do the right thing from the start and not put her in bed with me. I just couldn’t do it. She was just so tiny and I could feel she was getting so stressed, and she was feeling so scared and alone. I just wanted to sooth her. I promised myself I would not do this every night. I would leave it longer and longer each night. I slept with my arm around her and I could feel her breathing on my neck. She sounded so peaceful. I still couldn’t believe it I had another dog. Before I knew it, it was about 6.30am and I had to get up and do the kids lunches for school. She had woken before me as I could feel her nibbling on my fingers. I woke up and saw her little face and she started licking me. I‘m so sure I saw her smile. She certainly made me smile. After we both woke we went downstairs and i took her out for a pee and a poo. She went over behind a little bush and did her business and I jumped up and down , gave her lots of cuddles and kisses .I made a big deal out of it so she doesn’t do it on the carpet. We got the kids all ready for school and took them to school with Aura in her special seat in the car she fell straight asleep. We had put a blanket, pillow and a special little blanket and she gets in the car and falls straight to sleep. Oh she is so cute, so tiny, so precious. The three of us had a quiet day together. Aura slept most of the day either on my lap or next to me. She is just so precious. I truly kept pinching myself to see if this is real or not. I really did not want to get another dog so soon. I am so glad we did because already she has given me so much joy. She is certainly teaching me some stuff.
