My Aura

rachlovespets — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:01:06 +0000

Well this month our rent was going up and we decided to move house. Very stressful time for everybody so I gave everybody crisis essences in their water including Aura. The last house was beautiful but we were not allowed to have a dog and there was no fences for Aura. I was always concerned she would run down on the road. I had to lock her up in the house when we went out. The new house has a big yard and all fully fenced. Now when we go out we leave the sliding door open enough for her to get in and out. In the mornings while I am in the kitchen she bakes herself in the sun on the veranda. I think she feels better in this house more safe I think. She really enjoys the car rides to go and pick up the kids from school. She sits on my lap with her head out the window or if she is tired she will lay down on the pillow in the middle of Chris and I and go to sleep. It’s chilly now so I have been making Aura casseroles with vegetables and kidneys. She has been really enjoying this as she is as fussy as. She has been coming in to my sons room of a night-time for the last few months and laying on his bed snuggled up next to him while I read a bedtime story. She looks so cute. Then I pick her up and carry her down the stairs and tuck her in to our bed. Aura stays in our bed until we turn the lights out and i tuck her in to her own bed. Then miss Aura decides to bark and bark wanting to get back up. so I just keep tucking her in and at about 5am I lift her back up into out bed where she sleeps against the curve of my back. She sleeps in too. We are up doing lunches and getting the kids ready and she is still tucked up in our doona fast asleep. Good on ya Aura…

Aura’s Tail

rachlovespets — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:27:59 +0000

I have been with my new family for awhile now and things are still awesome. We have so many changes but. The biggest one is moving house. I loved that house so much although it had no fences and mum was always worried I was going to go down onto the road. Well these last few weeks have been so cold. It has been so cold and windy. When mum is in the kitchen in the morning I sit or I should say sprawl out on the blanket outside in the sun. Mum runs around all day doing this and that and all I want is for her just to sit down and cuddle me. I sit next to her shivering, just shivering and after a while, like 5 min she wraps me up in my pink blanky and I get warm. Just as I do, yep she gets back up again. I follow her all day ‘cos I don’t won’t her to go in the car without me. In the afternoon we go get the kids and I sit in the car on my blanket in the sun with mum next to me. I look forward to that a lot. Then we come back feed all the kids and stuff then my two mums sit down and has a cuppa with me in the sun. We sit there for sometime and then she gets up again and starts cooking tea. My mouth is watering by this point. I can’t wait to have something warm and tasty. Mum makes me this really yummy casserole. Oh I just love it. She puts gravy, beef, all fresh vegetables and serves it with delicious dog biscuits. Mum sits and eats and cleans up then we sit on the couch for awhile. Then its onto Isaacs bed and she reads a book. I love this. I snuggle up to Isaac under his doona and listen to mum tell a story. She then picks me up and carries me downstairs to her bed. She tucks me in ever so lovingly under her doona and sits with me for ages. This is my favourite part of the day. Snuggled in next to mum while she is patting me all night. Well until she has a shower. Then it gets horrible. She turns the TV off then the lights and she tucks me into my own bed. Yeah sure she makes it nice and all that. But I love to be in mums bed. So I yell out to her through the night to let me up in her bed. It doesn’t work anymore, it is like she has a set time that I can get in. So I keep on trying to get up anyway. Then it comes that time and I jump into mum’s bed under her doona, snuggled up next to her until the morning. Let me tell you I hate mornings.

Til next time

Aura

My Aura

rachlovespets — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:19:39 +0000

We have had Aura for a few months now and Chris and I have not been out to the shops together since we have had her. So I decided this Saturday we would go shopping, no longer than and hour and a half. The weeks before I have been leaving her for 10min at a time, then 15min, then 30min and now an hour. I hated leaving her on her own. She was still so new and so tiny. I could not stop thinking about her.I felt so guilty. Before I walked out the door I had put T.V on for her, two cushions so that she could get up on the lounge to some of her toys and her special little blanket. I also left her a flavoured chewy bone to eat while I was gone. I tucked her in and gave her a big hug and kiss and told her I loved her and I would be home soon. I also left her my old shirt to sleep with as I thought this would make her feel safe and secure.

The whole time I was thinking about her, and what she was doing, if she was missing me as much I was missing her. I enjoyed getting out of the house with Chris too. After an hour and a bit we arrived home and all we could hear was Aura crying , and crying so loud. I opened the door and she continued to cry and cry. Her tailed nearly broke off she was wiggling it so much. I picked her up and kissed her and kissed her and cuddled her. She was squealing at this point. I put her down and I could smell poo. She poo-ed in the office, the lounge room and pee-ed in the bathroom. She was a little annoyed I think because we left her. I guess she really hates being left alone.

Aura’s Tail

rachlovespets — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:45:20 +0000

Just as I started to really love being here my mum does something really horrible to me. She left me alone. Can you be– leave that. Yeah leave. Oh my god it was terrible. I didn’t know what do . So I sat there and cried and cried. She didn‟t listen cos‟ she didn‟t come back for a long time. How can she do this. I must of done something really bad. Did I do to many pees and poos on the carpet? Does she love me anymore? Well hang on. She did put the T.V on for me. She put my blanket out for me. She did leave me a special chewy thing to eat. She left me biscuits and water and one of her favourite shirts. Oh and before she left she picked me up and gave me a hug ,told me she loved me and said „ I won‟t be long I will be back soon‟. She must still love me. So why did she leave me here all alone? Why .Why did she do it? I cried and cried. I ran around the house to make sure she really did leave me. I ran up the stairs and checked in all the kids rooms. Nothing. I went into mums room nothing, I could smell them both but could not find them. I had a pee in the bathroom, I was busting. All I did was run around the house trying to find them. When are they going to come home. When . I need a hug. I poohed in the corner of the lounge room and in the office. She deserves this, leaving me here all alone. What was she thinking! It felt like such a long time and the next thing I hear the rattling of the keys. Oh I was so very excited I thought i was going to bust. I was waiting on the other side of the door waggling my tail yelling sorry what ever i did. Don‟t leave me ever again. I thought my tail was going to fall off. My bum was getting so tired. Come in already will ya. The door opens. Yip she went shopping. She said hello and kept walking with the bags of food. Obviously they were more important than me. When she put the bags down she knelt down and picked me up for a big hug and a kiss. I told her i loved her so much and she was never ever ever, ever to leave me again, Ok mummy never ever. I didn‟t know I had such a high pitch squeak it hurt my ears. I was so excited to have them both home. We sat down and had some lunch. Mums cleaned up and them I heard the keys again. I thought to myself ,no please not again. No, no no. This time mum looks down at me ” do you want to come for a ride aura”. God yeah I said I scooted out that door so fast so they wouldn‟t leave me here again. Mum has left me a lot more times and now I feel like it is not so bad. She always comes home and gives me a hug and a kiss and always leaves the T.V on , my special blanket and a chewy thing. I still however check on the door every 5 minutes to check to see if I can hear the keys rattling.Love Aura

Til next time

Aura’s Tail

rachlovespets — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:09:25 +0000

I had my first day snoozing with my two mums and before I knew it I was in the car and picking up all the kids again. I was sitting outside with all the kids and they all were calling my name so I would go over to each one and lick them and go back to my mum. One of my mums would pick me up and I would sit on her lap and go back to sleep. A few days in with my new family and mum put this thing around my neck. God uncomfortable. It was pink and mum kept saying how cute I was and every time I ran around something was hitting me on the chest, this was annoying. One day mum squirted some stuff in my mouth that tasted terrible not sure why she did that for anyway, we then went for a ride in the car and then mum carried me into this very smelly place. It smelt like other dogs, oh smelt a bit like where I was born. I felt very scared and I started to shiver. Mum just kept holding me tight and saying “it will not hurt for long I promise” and kissed me. Yeh a dam vet. I hate them. I got another needle, something up my butt and a thing in my neck that hurt like shit. I cried and cried and wanted mum to get me the hell out of here. My other mum was holding me. After that I felt like crap. Mum picked me up and cuddled and kissed me a lot. So did my other mum. I was so grateful they took me out of there. I hope I do not ever go there again. When we got home mum gave me another squirt of the stuff in my mouth. I actually felt more calm then. Thank god that day was over. The days blended into nights and all I seem to do is sleep. The kids came and went and we sort of had a routine. Things were just wonderful. Now I was going in my bed all by myself, well I did try and tell mum I wanted to get into her bed. Her bed was so warm and she was so cuddly. When I did get into bed with her and that was when the sun came up I would nestle into her back sometimes or curl up near her neck. Oh the pillow was so nice. I could of stayed there forever. Anyway, I had a few disagreements with mum about peeing and poohing. When I did it outside she would jump up and down ,pick me up , kiss me and tell me how good I was. Then if I did it on the paper in the bathroom she would do the same. Oh but when I did it on the carpet that was a different story. She would make me smell it and then lightly push me to the floor and growl. That wasn’t so nice. So now I do it outside or on the paper. That keeps her happy. Things are so wonderful and I think I have the best person I mean dog life ever. Mum gives me lots of good food. Well that‟s not all true. She opened a tin a dog food up and he smelt disgusting and then and then she put it in my bowl. What …. You want me to eat that.. No way. So now she cooks all my stuff up. The kids all went away for a little while and my mums and I would go for walks. I loved the beach walks. Lots of smells and lots of other dogs. I would say hello the every dog that would walk past. Some just wanted to talk a lot so I talked a lot back. Sometimes these huge big dogs run towards me and mum would pick me up. I felt her being scared or something. Like they were going to hurt me. I was still very little. Things were all good. I was having nice food, walks, sleeps, peeing outside, spending time playing outside with the kids and spending lots of time with my mums. Then she does this to me…. Til next time Love Aura http://rachlovespets.wordpress.com/ SOUL

MY AURA

rachlovespets — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:04:40 +0000

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.

Aura’s Tail

rachlovespets — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:15:52 +0000

The lights went out and I felt so alone. I was in a strange place , where’s my sister ? I need to lay with her. What is this my bed now? I don’t like it. Where is my mum? I want my mum. I was talking for a while and no-one was paying me any attention. Mum said kept saying to me” its o.k Aura go back to bed”. She said it like 100 times. But I just kept talking and still no-one answered. So I just kept talking and talking, it felt like all night. I needed a pee and I went into the bathroom and there was some paper there, it felt good so I peed on that. Came back and continued to talk. Oh mum had put the blanket in my nice little bed and some teddies. It was cosy I just wanted my mum. I talked for some time until mum picked me up and put my blanket next to her and I was so exhausted I went to sleep straight away. I nestled in under mum neck and she gently folded her arm around me. Ohhh this is my bed, this is just heaven. I hope this is my bed all the time. I guess all I have to do is talk and talk and I then get to sleep with mum. I think she rolled over and nearly squashed me once but I did care I was so comfy. Oh I just lived this so much. This is my new home .This is where I live. This is my mum. The light started to come shining through the window and is was time to get up and play with all my toys. Mums fingers or toes will do too. She woke with a smile and she picked me up and cuddled and kissed me a lot. She took me down stairs and took me outside. Which was great cos I was dying for a poo and a pee. She was jumping up and down and kissing me and stuff after I did it. Didn’t think it was a big deal. Obviously she did. That’s ok made my mum happy whatever works for her. Then the kids come down and they pat me and picked me up and kissed me too. Oh it was so great. Everyone was running crazy around the house and funny smells were coming from every direction. I felt a little sick, and I was starving and there was no food in my bowl. Mum later put some food in my bowl and I scoffed that and then had a drink. She took me outside again and had a pee. Once again mum yahooed and carried on. O.k. We went for a drive in the car the dropped the kids of at school and went back home again. It was my two mums and me. It was quiet once again. I slept most of the day and it was in mums lap or on the bed curled up next to her. I had a great first day with my mums. Just awesome . I hope its like this every day. I sure did hit the jackpot with this family.

Til next time Love Aura

My Aura

rachlovespets — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:35:40 +0000

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?

Aura’s Tail

rachlovespets — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:29:37 +0000

Finally I think I am home and yet we get back in the car and driving again. This time instead of a cage I got to sit on my new mums lap on my special pink cosy blanket. My new mum could not stop kissing and cuddling me and she never once stop patting me. We got out after driving for a while and she carried me for a bit and we sat in some strange place. Mum kept telling me, “the kids will just love you, they’re going to being so excited”. Not sure what she was talking about but. The next thing I know all these kids come to pat me. Ohhhh so many hands touching me so I buried myself under mums arms. We walked to the car again and I sat on my other mums lap. I was so hoping that we were heading home. I was stuffed, needed to pee and sleep. There seemed to be a lot of kids in our car this time that had me stumped. Why are they here? I guess they live with me too. We got out of the car and went into I think it was our house. All the kids sat in a circle and they put me in the middle. Not sure why but hey they smelt like treats to me. I went around to every kid cos’ they pat me and gave me a very yummy tasting treat. After that they took me outside. I had a great time my nose could not keep up with all the smells. Thank god, I had to pee. I had a little play with some toys man there was so many and the kids. I just wanted to crash, not in any mood to play silly buggers that’s for sure. My two new mums sat down so I sat in mums lap and slept. It felt so good to stop. I think I only slept for 10min and mum was up again so I just followed her wherever she went. I heard a very loud grumble from my belly I was starving. Everybody else was eating where was mine, come on I am hungry too you know!

Mum had cooked me some special stuff so I ate that. Hope this is the food I get all the time. Taste real good. The kids then, one by one, disappeared. Not sure what happened to them but it got quieter and quieter. They turned the lights off and mum carried me up the stairs. I guess its time to go to bed. I always slept with my sister and she is not here. Wonder where I am going to go to sleep. I hope I get to sleep with mum. Boy I’m tired though.

Night night, I wonder what’s gonna happen tomorrow?

Til next time

Love Aura

How I Found My Aura

rachlovespets — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:23:50 +0000

My Aura

My partner and I were working in Gympie and I was filling in some time at a pet shop in the main street. In a cage outside where guinea pigs, rats, some cross poodle pups and the most two adorable dachshund puppies. They were just so cute sleeping over each other like one another were pillows. There was one in particular that stood out to me. She had a little bump on her head and a kink in her tail. She woke and looked straight into my eyes and that was it. She had me. I melted. I went up and spoke to them every time I had a minute to spare. And I told her I wanted so much to take her home and I would work out how to make that happen. Saturday arvo came and we finished work and the pet shop was shutting. I went back up and took my partner. I asked the lady if we could have a cuddle of the two gorgeous puppies. I stuck my head in the cage and the pups went crazy. I took the special little girl and gave my partner the other. She licked me to death and I loved it. I also felt very sad because I knew we had to give them back. We drove back to manly and my partner and I discussed all the reasons why we could not have her. Over the weekend the pet shop owner had a chat with the owner of the puppies. I received a phone call Monday morning from the pet owner. She says to me” I told the owner about the connection you had with one of the pups. She said that you could pay her off and she really wanted her to go to a special home as she died when she was born.” I sobbed and sobbed. I just wanted her so badly to come live with me. I rang a friend and as usual ask me a few questions to think about. The love I had for this pup was incredible. Every time I tried talking about her I would cry. Anyway, before I new it I had bought her. I felt like I had gained another child. She travelled to Brisbane with some friends from Gympie on Thursday. Thursday afternoon at 2pm she was in my arms again, for good this time. Her name is Aura. I feel so protective of her and my love for her is still growing stronger every day. I never thought I could love an animal so much. This is how I found my Aura.

Be sure to read The Start of Aura’s Tail.