Today is our sweet Dulce’s 6th birthday! We adopted her when she was four months old from Ratbone Rescues, just a month before we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. She has been with us almost through our entire married life, here for all of our adventures. She is our first baby, she is spoiled, and she will forever be referred to as a “puppy” in our house.
Have I ever mentioned how Dulce got her name? It was “Snow” when we adopted her but we changed it. Dulce means “sweet” in spanish and Johnnie proposed to me while we were staying on a resort on the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. The name fits her well, as she is a very sweet and loving dog.
Dulce is well trained, has free reign of the house at all times. We have yet to get her a doggie door for our new house so for now she lets us know she wants out or in with pawing and a sharp bark at the door. Every night before we go to bed, she goes out to pee and secure her territory one last time before coming in for a bedtime treat.
She has a dog bed in the living room that she naps on during the day. She also has a dog bed on the floor in our bedroom but often sneaks out to sleep on the couch in the middle of the night (she’s not allowed there during the day). The minute she hears one of our alarm clocks, she jumps up on our bed to kiss us good morning. She likes to get her cuddles in with us in before CC wakes up.
Dulce loves soft beds and blankets, getting baths, small toys that squeak, Nylabone DuraChews, and circular braided rawhides. She loves food and will do anything for a treat. She is very patient, she travels well, and she would never run away even if we left the front door open all day long. She loves us as much as we love her.
Happy Birthday, sweet girl! We wish for you many, many, many more years of adventures with us!
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“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.”
~M.K. Clinton