Golden ~ My Love

My pet Golden, a Cocker Spaniel that I have spilled my love over unconditionally. Whether he is smelly, a coward, dumb, unhygienic, and etc, all those doesn't seem to bother me at all. I still hug him, kiss him, carry him even though he almost hates it and bathe him. The story behind this puppy of mine when I adopted him was that he used to be a breeder's bred that couldn't be sold out. As a result, the puppy mill closed down and he was given to a friend of the breeder. That friend couldn't be more incapable of caring for dogs that he and his 4 other siblings were kept in the cage all the time of which his 4 other siblings couldn't survive.

What happened after is that the breeder couldn't bear to see Golden's condition with fleas all over him, hair knotted and smelly, he handed him over to my brother. As pets lover, of course my brother couldn't refuse to do the favour of temporarily giving Golden his space. At that moment, I have just lost SnowBall, an old white poodle who apparently jumped off the apartment balcony. It must have been his eyesight and darkness that caused him to step out into the air. I still miss SnowBall. So, my brother asked if I wanted to take care of Golden. I immediately said yes although my housemates were a bit sceptical on keeping him for his size is double if compared to SnowBall and Golden couldn't understand commands nor potty trained.

I insisted on keeping him and good for us that Golden barely bark at anything, except for stray cats (that, we found out after 3 months of keeping him). There are a few key things that Golden are afraid of and he looks very traumatized every time. That's what makes him adorable too.

The thing is, he sometimes have accidents at home where he would pee. My housemate will hit him and it hurts me to see that. I would shout at her to stop. Today, he peed at home and stepped on the pee again and somebody else kicked him. That pissed me off real bad. I don't blame him cos he does not go to toilet for the wet condition. And the toilet is his shower room, where it's like his "clean" room. It's not like he's a child that can have a developing brain, his brain works in a different way. What he needs are positive reinforcement and not negative ones. Abusive behaviours only triggers his traumatic condition and I don't want that. I have put on a lot of efforts to keep him happy and make him who he is today and I can't let that go to waste. Now I'm very determined that If ever anyone that hits him again, they'll hear from me or taste my slap on their faces.