After that fiasco with the angry creature I ended up... well, you guessed it - back in a big cage. I was happy at first since I thought I would be reunited with my brothers and sisters. Who knows, may be the lucky stars would even bring my mom and dad back to us!
When they brought me in through the big doors, my stomach was jumping up and down (is this what they call "butterflies in your stomach"?), and I suddenly needed to go... you know... potty. I was determined to wait - what if I missed them somehow? People talked, wrote something on a big piece of paper, then took me back and put that big paper on the outside of the kennel. Then they put me in and locked the gate.
I am in the same cage. Or at least it looked the same. Same smells, same noises, same feeling. And no brothers and sisters... I tried to distinguish their smells among all others, but no luck. No luck AT ALL. I knew they were all gone. Every one of them.
OK. What now? I just sat next to those metal bars and cried. You probably don't know, but dogs DO cry. You can't see it, because they don't have tears. But believe me, they do have pain and they do cry - inside.
Sorry, I have to take a break. Those are not the most pleasant memories, you know... I'll be back in a little while.
And this is me when I was about 4 months old.
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