Lady Buffy-Aloka of Narwee

 

I had planned for my next dog to be named Aloka after the peace dog who is walking (was walking?) across America with the monks.

Unlucky for me, this wee poppet knows her name is Buffy so I gave her an aristocratic hyphenated name. I think it's a tad classier than Mountbatten-Windsor.

I had made an application for her and received no response so had given up when the message came asking if I would like to meet her. The foster carer was a lovely lady and Buffy was her first foster. She told me she nearly kept her, maybe thta's why it took so long.

Buffy has been in foster care for a few months and had a few teeth out as well as a fatty lump removed so that's that taken care of.

The lady from the shelter insisted on speaking to Keaghan because it's policy to speak to every household member. After she made the call she was full of angst because she feels she is always awkward on the phone. I started telling her that the first time I made a call to a stranger I stared at the phone for 15 minutes beforehand but now I can call anyone. It was meant to be 20 seconds of encouragement but before I finished speaking she had walked away and I was left talking into the air and feeling stupid.