{"id":155,"date":"2015-10-26T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2024-02-17T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T18:24:40","slug":"brooklyn-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote that\u00a0our precious hu-dog\u00a0–\u00a0my beloved companion, protector, and ears, Brody\u00a0–\u00a0died in December 2014, just five days before we got his little sister “Princess” Brooklyn. \u00a0 As you can imagine, she’s kept us pretty busy since I last wrote. \u00a0 It’s funny how you can add many dogs to your family through the years, but you never remember the beginning. \u00a0The part before they\u00a0understand every word you say (but don’t usually repeat it),\u00a0when the whole house was a bathroom, when they ate you out of house and home (NOT food – furniture, clothing, eyeglasses, pens, shoes, bags, wood floors, window coverings… anything they could get their needle-like puppy teeth on.)<\/p>\n

Fortunately that part doesn’t last too long and even though it sounds bad, it’s really not. \u00a0It’s a stage we go through to have the most cherished, loving, devoted, and remarkable companions we could ask for. \u00a0In my family, we are “dog people.” \u00a0People who aren’t, often don’t understand. \u00a0Yes, there is a little inconvenience in the beginning. \u00a0Fur babies require some work. \u00a0But oh how worth it it is. \u00a0That first day you realize that dog loves you more than anything on earth, only wants to play with you, love you, and be with you, is more joy than I can describe.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn turned a year old On October 24th\u00a0\u00a0and how this little girl completely took us over in such a short time, we don’t know. \u00a0Is it her big brown eyes, so filled with love whenever she looks at us? Is it that plumed tail that can wag fast enough to raise a helicopter? \u00a0Is it the constant cuddles and kisses? \u00a0The language she uses to communicate with us? \u00a0The huge bark that comes out of her mouth (really, that’s her? \u00a0Not a male Akita?) \u00a0when she protects us? \u00a0It’s probably all of those things plus that certain magic that comes from falling in love again.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if she understands that I’m deaf yet – that takes awhile, but I think she’s getting it. \u00a0She’s very physical with me – gently touching me with her paw, nudging me with her nose – when she wants something or wants me to know something. \u00a0This breed gets it fast. \u00a0 If she doesn’t completely get it now, I know she will – just like all those who came before her. \u00a0But one thing she does get now is plenty of love. \u00a0She is a blessing and a joy. \u00a0 And our precious Brody would have loved her so.<\/p>\n

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I wrote that\u00a0our precious hu-dog\u00a0–\u00a0my beloved companion, protector, and ears, Brody\u00a0–\u00a0died in December 2014, just five days before we got his little sister “Princess” Brooklyn. \u00a0 As you can imagine, she’s kept us pretty busy since I last wrote. \u00a0 It’s funny how you can add many dogs to your family through the years, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostmyhearing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}