This dog is so sweet. She’s a little spark plug at times, but mostly she’s just sugar and spice and everything nice.
She’s the classic pandemic puppy. Although I had ordered her from the catalog of perfect dogs through my friend Jacque the vet as a surprise Christmas gift to the family, who had been begging me for months for another dog, we couldn’t receive her until she was born into the world and then weaned from her mother. Her mother Ginger is the epitome of a sweet, calm, well-behaved golden retriever, so I was willing to bank on our pup being an apple close to the Ginger tree.
We got a text from Jacque on March 17 that she was close enough to weaned to come get her before their home and the world closed shop on March 20…so we did. We picked up our little Bali the next day, when we could still practically put her entire little furball body in the palm of our hands, and made the short but life-changing drive home across the historic one-lane bridge.
We welcomed Bali into our home and hearts. Even when she unspooled miles of toilet paper during the national toilet paper shortage, we loved her with unguarded delight. She was and is our playmate, therapy dog, distraction and exercise partner all day long. And for a few more months, all night long too.
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