20.May.13, 10:26 PM
"Really Kela, did you have to have so very many pups?" Kela simply sent him a harassed look and whined, sitting down and letting her litter crawl all over her with resignation. Getting all the pups here for socialization training had been a job and half and the fluffy black one Terken had mentally dubbed "Thief" was already making an escape attempt from the portable pen Terken had the puppies in.
He scooped him up, placed him in it, and went to see what two of Thief's sisters were tussling over. Their tiny barks echoed over the gather square and Terken wished he'd thought to bring back up for this as he separated the two pups before the playfight turned real, then looked up and did a quick head count.
Thief was missing. Again. Sighing, Terken looked around, not happy. Surely the fluffbrained thieving fur ball couldn't have gotten far, right? He saw it then and nearly whimpered. Thief was coming back alright, with something brightly colored in his mouth. It was laid down, the pup plainly proud of himself. Terken reached down, and picked up a slobber covered slipper. Sighing, he set it down, on the other side of the playpen, and put Thief back in with his brothers and sisters.
He fussed over it, the noise loud and making Terken wince. Kela simply glared at him and Terken thought, not for the first time, that the canines were determined to make his life overly interesting. When a fight broke out amoung the sisters again, he separated them again, and once again, found Thief gone. Sighing, he resigned himself to going puppy hunting as soon as he found someone to watch the rest of the litter. Sometimes, he swore the canines truly did plot against him.
He scooped him up, placed him in it, and went to see what two of Thief's sisters were tussling over. Their tiny barks echoed over the gather square and Terken wished he'd thought to bring back up for this as he separated the two pups before the playfight turned real, then looked up and did a quick head count.
Thief was missing. Again. Sighing, Terken looked around, not happy. Surely the fluffbrained thieving fur ball couldn't have gotten far, right? He saw it then and nearly whimpered. Thief was coming back alright, with something brightly colored in his mouth. It was laid down, the pup plainly proud of himself. Terken reached down, and picked up a slobber covered slipper. Sighing, he set it down, on the other side of the playpen, and put Thief back in with his brothers and sisters.
He fussed over it, the noise loud and making Terken wince. Kela simply glared at him and Terken thought, not for the first time, that the canines were determined to make his life overly interesting. When a fight broke out amoung the sisters again, he separated them again, and once again, found Thief gone. Sighing, he resigned himself to going puppy hunting as soon as he found someone to watch the rest of the litter. Sometimes, he swore the canines truly did plot against him.