Fudge Has A Crush!!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

My daughter and son-in-law are home for the Holidays from Oregon.  Fudge has not seen my son-in-law since last Christmas and she has not stopped mooning over him since he arrived.  I don’t think I have ever seen her so gaga over anyone.  The first night he was here, she slept outside their closed door all night. I thought she was a genius and remembered their dog, Bonzai, who could not come this year, but now I think she was trying to get into that room to get to her new boyfriend. Fudge rarely jumps up on the couch, but if my son-in-law comes into the room and sits down, she is right beside him and the expression on her face is priceless. Today, she kept giving him kisses on the ear and extending her paw in his direction.  I actually think she is winning him over, because he told my daughter that he would get a Doodle, IF he knew it would be just like Fudge. Now, that is a Christmas miracle, because normally my daughter and son-in-law are teasing me about my Doodles and DoodleKisses and never miss an opportunity to tell me how much they prefer their two French Bulldogs.

 

The funny thing is when my daughter was dating my son-in-law; she told him all the time they were getting a dog. He was not a dog person and did not want a dog.  My husband and I sat smugly back and took bets as to how long it would be until she got her dog and we even told him he might as well start picking out names.  You see, over the years, we have come up against a little technique our relentless darling of a daughter likes to use called,  “Do not let up until you get what you want!” The hounding goes on for hours, days, weeks, months, and over the years we tried to come up with ways to make it stop.  When she was little we thought about dropping her at an orphanage with a note attached to her little outfit that read “Would do well with deaf parents!” and as she got older, when it got really bad, we fantasized about skipping town after we got her on the school bus.  A couple of times when we said no and stuck to our guns, she got our hopes up when she said she was going to take out an ad in the newspaper and find better parents.  I didn’t want to dash her hopes, but up until this point I had never seen an ad taken out by a couple looking to adopt a persistent child whose single best quality was the ability to make you want to remove your own eardrums, but we always wished her luck in her quest to better herself and offered to pay for the ad.  

 

So, it was no surprise to us when our son-in-law succumbed to the pressure and realized if he ever wanted to have another conversation with our daughter that did not begin and end with the words, “I want a dog!” he needed to give in and let her get a dog and now they have two. Along they way, he became a dog person and has become one of those people who posts pictures of his dogs on Facebook all the time with captions like, “Who’s Your Daddy?” Fudge and Vern must sense this about him because both of them love my son-in-law.  Even Vern, who is more of a ladies man, greets him with a “woo woo woo” whenever he sees him. Meanwhile, Fudge has stepped up to the plate as the Ambassador of Doodles in our home and slowly is winning him over to the world of Doodles.

 

Before this, if I said something about how smart Doodles were, they always answered back that they have seen Vern eat Kleenex and mud before. When I talked about what good watchdogs they were, they said they noticed that Vern spent a lot of time guarding us from his reflection in the window. When I mentioned that Doodles are regal and beautiful looking dogs, they said, “if you are talking about the cream colored dog that has been licking himself for the last ten minutes, we are not seeing it.” The other day one of them asked me if a bird was building a nest in Vern’s hair with all the twigs and leaves he has accumulated in his coat from rolling and my son-in-law has mentioned a couple of times that when he is rubbing Vern, Vern seems to get very relaxed and likes to belch his thanks.  Don’t get me wrong. They love Vern, but he isn’t their kind of dog, although they both have been caught hugging him.  He is just too big for them and the fact that he squeezes himself into the smallest of spaces, disregarding the wishes of the occupants in the adjoining spaces, just to say hi, or his ability to hold most of his drinking water in his mouth until he is standing over your lap has, more or less, provided them with ammunition when I start talking about Doodles.  

 

This visit, though, Fudge has turned the tide. I think my son-in-law is finding it hard to ignore her longing looks and is actually enjoying her attention.  After all, it is not everyday that some living being lets you know every time you walk into a room that she only has eyes for you.  Frankly, I have not seen a reaction anywhere near Fudge’s from my daughter when her husband shows up. I mean she says hi and stuff, but she doesn’t have the same glazed over, hearts over head, you are my world, look in her eyes, nor does she follow him from room to room just to be with him. I mean there is just no way a human could sustain that devotion, unless you are Glenn Close in the movie Fatal Attraction running around saying, “I will not be ignored,” and then that starts looking more spooky than romantic. Fudge is still at the adorable stage of her crush on my son-in-law, although I have noticed her waiting outside their bedroom door a little more frequently.  Hopefully, her heart doesn’t get broken when they leave on Saturday, but she has accomplished in one week what I haven’t been able to do in two years and maybe, someday, my daughter will decide she wants a Doodle just like Fudge and we all know what that means.

[Jarka, Monty & Auggie]

Your stories about Dudge and Vern make it really hard for me to refuse getting another doodle. Thank you! Make sure you let us know how Fudge does on Saturday.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Joanne, LOL....cats are like that too. They love the ones who are not cat people. I just have never seen Fudge so dippy over anyone and Vern is fearless with him and just so happy. I guess my DD picked a dog person after all.

Deanna, I love that story about your Rebecca. I also cracked up when I read your comment about the rabbit. Remember Stewpid :)

BG, Don't tell Gavin....my SIL leaves tomorrow. Out of sight...out of mind. She will be on the rebound after that...LOL! Besides, she does think that Gavin looks good in a hat.

Thanks, Nina and Christine.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Thanks, Sally, Leslie, and Bonnie!!

F, You do have a point, as always :)

Karen, Gosh, I hope I can come up with the second installment :)

Katie, I am not ready to let Fudge move to Oregon too....LOL!! She will just have to find someone in PA!

Denise, I like the way you think :)

Jane, I probably still have some of their stuff in the wash...LOL!! It seems my laundry has more than doubled since they have been here.

[Sally, Ditzy Mitzi & Sgt. Pepper]

: )     

[F, Calla & Luca]

Another one and just in time to chase away any winter doldrums!! But really why on earth would your daughter beg for her own competition? I see a flaw in that logic.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks, Laurie, I really enjoy a good love story, especially when it's filled with humor and suspense! Will Fudge's heart be broken? Is there a granddoodle in Laurie's future? Does Laurie's SIL's after-shave contain any animal by-products? I intend to stay tuned in to find out!

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

lol! Fudge is feeling more mature now that she's three I guess...she's ready to settle down! haha

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Denise, GMTA

I used to do this with my ex too.  Opps, so sorry his paws are so muddy.  HA HA

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Denise, I LOVE your ex-husband story!  Do you think you could video it next time, so all of us here on DK could enjoy it...LOL.

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

I need to wipe my eyes of the tears from laughing so hard!! LOL LOL  It is amazing how persistent these doodles can be at getting what the want.  Hunter has a fondness for my ex-husband when he comes to pick up the girls (so she isn't that great at judging character but whatever).  She loves to great him with a slobbery toy in her mouth or nasty looking bone and her absolute favorite is to jump all over him (did I mention I don't tell her to get down?!).  She has figured out I am not going to make her stop jumping on him so she is like an Olympic jumper when he comes to the door.  Oh and did I mention he is NOT a dog person? LOL