Somebody
abandoned this tiny bundle of chocolate fur outside my gate, one day in March
eight years ago. I looked down at what seemed like a miniature bear
with these incredibly amazing grey eyes, and melted instantly. I picked her up
and while she didn’t mind at first, she began wriggling and eventually nipped
me with her needle-sharp teeth until I put her down with a yelp. Toffee had
just walked into my home and heart!
I
agree her name is a bit of a misnomer but she was really the “sweetest” looking
puppy that I’d ever seen and her coloring was rich and dark like...caramel,
which, incidentally is her middle name.
Her
highly assertive and willful personality was evident right from puppyhood. The
certified trainer hired to make her more sociable wrung his hands in despair
and finally fled when she insisted on acting in direct opposition to any of his
commands!
She
loathes dogs, cats, birds, and barely tolerates humans! She's also
very selective of the people she is “friends” with. Friendships, too, have their
limitations and crossing of any boundary is treated with a hard-eyed stare,
deep throated growl or punishing bite, depending on the offense
committed. She does as she pleases all the time, every time. She rules the space and we’re just fortunate she deigns
to share sometimes.
She is completely neurotic, endearing and
incorrigible all at the same time, and I simply adore her!
