04.02.07
Goodbye, Bagel!
Well, not exactly what i expected, but our new addition, Bagel, is no longer with the family. Not that she wasn’t quite a charm, I kind of enjoyed playing with her but there were a few caveats. The first and most important of all was “the housebreaking” issue. As much as I thought she was adorable, i could not stand the elimination process. Nope, not one bit, this invoked two types of feelings in me.. disgust and vexation. Disgust because the urine was so THICK, and she passed water nonchalantly on the floor, which if unattended would leak under the stove, cabinets and be impossbile to clean. This really stunk up our tiny one bedroom… and vexation because she somehow could not learn to use the wee pad, no matter how many times i tainted it with her urine.Yes I know, “Give her time”, Rome was not built in one night, but nope, I really did not have the bandwidth to squeeze in household breaking. Not with my current schedule of school and work, it would have been too much of a sacrifice and not mention disgrunt when I returned from school and work to a urine reeked apartment. I wasn’t the only one impacted, as calm as Chiaki appeared, she was in the same boat with me inwardly. The URINE, yuck :-(, the URINE. The stench it imprinted on our apartment really thwarted our typical romantic weekend together. I was sleep deprived, because I wanted to catch Bagel in the act and try to acclimate her to the weepad. The other end of the stick was my male cats, Lilo and Moshi, who were totally whacked by this. I think it was a combination of both fear and jealously. Initially they did what every animal would do if you trespass into their territory. They hissed and snarled at Bagel various times, who just returned an innocent look to them. Then the jealously sort of morphed into stress, They were not eathing at all, very unlikely of them - not even accepting Cat treats from me, which they historically never turned down. Those 3 elements put a lid on the bottle and she had to go! Factually, Bagel the bulldog, was a doll at heart and very loveable, I am sure with time, the boys would have got used to her but at this period, I prefer a urine free apartment over her. Hence, she was returned to “Pets on Lex” the following day in less than 24 hours.
Lessons (re)learned:
(A) Never act on emotions, be as well informed of any decisions.
(B) Lilo and Moshi are very very jealous animals.
Goodbye BAGEL, I am very sure that you will find someone who can appreciate your charming personality, warm loving and urine.