Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Love Is In The Air (Interspecies Version)

Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done

And I don’t know if you’re an illusion
Don’t know if I see it true
But you’re something that I must believe in
And you’re there when I reach out for you

Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don’t know if I’m being foolish
Don’t know if I’m being wise

But it’s something that I must believe in
And it’s there when I look in your eyes
(Lyrics by John Paul Young)

TJ has literally been working his way up to this moment for months and months.  Every day, he’s worked on becoming friends with Eli.  He’s been incredibly patient, because at first Eli would bark at him and snap at him (in a friendly way, if you can snap in a friendly way) in pure excitement.  Step by step, he’s gone from looking at her from behind the safety of a baby gate, to jumping on top of a chest freezer to look down on her from the safety of his perch, to being on the floor with her for moments at a time while being chased back up and over the baby gate, and each day spending more time with her and getting a teeny bit closer to her.  Finally, success!  Eli laid down on her Kuranda bed and TJ saw his chance.  He jumped on the bed with her.  At first, he was laying on his side and holding one of her legs between his paws.  Then, he started to play with her toes.  It was tickling her, so she kept pulling her feet away from him.  And then, at last, a sweet tender moment of peace together.  I was afraid to disturb them by going upstairs to get my camera, so I got the phone, which was closer.  The quality is crappy, but I think we’re going to be seeing a lot of this lovely couple from now on.

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1. Awwwww…

   Helly  on  06/20  at  07:11 AM

2. Too cute for words.  I grew up with a German Sheperd so they have a special place in my heart.

   Chickie  on  06/20  at  07:58 AM

3. So sweet!! I love it when they get together at the end . . .

   roro  on  06/20  at  08:49 AM

4. They look like quite the couple.  Handsome This was a mighty cute post.

    on  06/20  at  12:20 PM

5. Here I am, checking blogs after several days.  The one I read just a few minutes ago broke my heart, but then I came to this. 

   Thank you for sharing something so sweet and written in just the perfect way, lyrics and all.

    on  06/20  at  03:11 PM

6. We have a pic from the 70s like this: the cameraphone quality adds to that “look!” I miss having multiple animals around to watch their bond with each other.

   Kari  on  06/21  at  06:29 AM

7. I love my woofie too. I give him kisses all the time, but he still won’t let me lay that close. I am working on it though. He lets me lay against his back, but not his front. This has inspired me to work harder.

   Riley

   Riley & Tiki  on  06/21  at  06:54 AM

8. They look so happy togefur. But I gotta say again, Eli says, “I can haz kitteh?”

   Victor Tabbycat  on  06/21  at  11:35 AM

9. Wonderful! This photo put tears in my eyes, as it reminded me of when my cat was a kitten and he used to cuddle up with our very tolerant Golden Retriever. Emma died last summer (she was 14) and I still miss her a lot.
   I didn’t know you had a big dog (and my cat’s name is Eli!).
   Thanks so much for sharing this photo and their story.

   laurie  on  06/22  at  07:56 AM

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