Our Boy Becomes A Man

Looking at this picture of Kingston he looks innocent enough, right? There he is wearing his Halloween bandana, posing for the camera as if he knows just how adorable he is. And he is. But what you don’t see lurking behind those big, brown, puppy dog eyes is that he is about to enter into manhood. Don’t feel bad. I didn’t see it coming either.

It all manifested itself yesterday afternoon at the dog park. Kingston was his normal self, running around and trying to engage every dog in the park to play with him regardless of their size. He soon became fond of a particular miniature schnauzer and was playing nicely so I left the dog sitting to Mr. S and started reading my book. A few minutes later my reading was interrupted by Mr. S calling my name and telling me to look up. As I did I didn’t know whether to laugh or apologize to the schnauzer. Locked tightly around the back end of the schnauzer was my puppy. And from the looks of it he was having a very good time. When Mr. S went to remove Kingston he held on even tighter. It was quite a sight seeing him work to pry our puppy off of the now violated schnauzer.

What’s ironic is that just that morning Mr. S had told me of the neutering he had witnessed the night before while watching an episode of Rescue Ink and he wasn’t sure if we should inflict that kind of humiliation and pain on Kingston. Men. Kingston turns 6 months old this week and it seems there is no time like the present to make that appointment. I think after yesterday’s incident at the dog park Mr. S now agrees.

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