Footprints on Our Hearts My husband and I were walking down 2nd street in Long Beach one Saturday with our Husky Kaya and Labrador Kaylee when I noticed a young girl and her mother walking towards us. The young girls ' eyes were full of excitement as she saw our dogs and began to run towards us. I watched as her mom yelled for her to stop and could see the dismay and anxiety in her eyes as she watched her daughter running towards us. The girl stopped and slowly walked back to her mom and after a minute or so the mother came up to us and asked if her daughter could pet Kaylee and if Kaya was friendly. As she did so, Kaya jumped playfully towards the small girl and began to lick her hand as Kaylee backed away behind my husband and growled. The
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In the 3 years I have had Kaya I have not taken her to the vet once other than for her regular vaccination visits. Whereas Kaylee has gone to the veterinarian over 6 times for health issues. Kaylee has visited the veterinarian for gastroenteritis four times and twice for two different parasites, Giarrdia and Cocidia. She has also been taken two times to an emergency veterinarian. Once for a cut on her foot received while running away from one of my friends in a riverbed and another time when she got a fish hook in her nose after being in a garage for two seconds. In all the dogs I have had Kaya is definitely the best either. She will eat anything from dirt, to her regular dog food, to a juicy stake. On the other hand, Kaylee sometimes decides she just does not want to eat even if you put a cooked egg on her meal. There are many things that make having a dog great. Having someone to come home to at night, having someone that will always love you no matter what you do, and having a best friend for life. However, every dog is different in so many ways and some things can make a dog easier to deal with than the other. Having a dog that eats well, doesn 't require multiple vet visits a year, and that loves all other dogs can make for an easier pet to care for, but just like humans they are family and I will always love them both and the life we share
In the 3 years I have had Kaya I have not taken her to the vet once other than for her regular vaccination visits. Whereas Kaylee has gone to the veterinarian over 6 times for health issues. Kaylee has visited the veterinarian for gastroenteritis four times and twice for two different parasites, Giarrdia and Cocidia. She has also been taken two times to an emergency veterinarian. Once for a cut on her foot received while running away from one of my friends in a riverbed and another time when she got a fish hook in her nose after being in a garage for two seconds. In all the dogs I have had Kaya is definitely the best either. She will eat anything from dirt, to her regular dog food, to a juicy stake. On the other hand, Kaylee sometimes decides she just does not want to eat even if you put a cooked egg on her meal. There are many things that make having a dog great. Having someone to come home to at night, having someone that will always love you no matter what you do, and having a best friend for life. However, every dog is different in so many ways and some things can make a dog easier to deal with than the other. Having a dog that eats well, doesn 't require multiple vet visits a year, and that loves all other dogs can make for an easier pet to care for, but just like humans they are family and I will always love them both and the life we share