Misty Hill
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Pets: The Story of Laila

Once upon a time, there were these two suckers named Misty and Jess. One day, September 23, 2002, Jess' mom Ann asked Jess and Misty to help out with a rescue operation from West Virginia, where a number of dogs and cats were going to be "terminated" because they had been in a shelter too long. One of the dogs that Jess and Misty rescued was a small beautiful black dog. Misty, being the slightly bigger sucker, convinced Jess to add this dog to our household.

Misty shown here, obviously having no clue

Michael offered the name "Laila" which is Hebrew for night. We all lived in blissful happiness not knowing of the little secret Laila was hiding.

Nobody noticed the guilty face

Being the ever responsible pet owners, we promptly sent away for her spay certificate and made her appointment for November 20, 2002, when the certificate would come back. Then one day, Misty and Jess noticed that Laila was improving her bra size. All nine of them. Curious to why this would be, Misty consulted Michael, who mentioned a thing called "false pregnancy," a condition where sometimes dogs thought they were pregnant and went through the motions, but didn't actually have puppies. Clinging on to pure hope, Misty and Jess continued to perpetuate the "false pregnancy" option and awaited her spay appointment.

Sleeping. Blissful. Ignorant.

And then on one cold and windy night on November 18, 2002 (only 2 days from her vet appointment), Misty noticed that Laila was acting....strange. A quick call to Ellen, Michael's mom, who breeds dogs, revealed that Laila might not be falsely pregnant, but really pregnant. Misty felt Laila's tummy, only to feel it kick back. But, Laila kept acting weird, and within two hours, Misty's gloved hands were covered in ick and puppy goo, and three little "false" puppies were really born on 409 Ellsworth.

Confused New Mom with Puppies

Then the puppies found their brand new homes. Unfortunately, one of the puppies was hit by a car at his new home, which was very sad for everyone. But Tae went with Chris and Sarah in New York and has reportedly had much fun tearing around their new house. Wriley went home with Vicky and Stacy and is doing great as well! According to Vicky, she loves to be cuddly and rest with Stacy on the couch!

Will update a picture soon!

Tae

Wriley


And how is the mom? Laila is loving life with no puppies, happy and carefree. She is also quite happy being the puppy of the house again.

 


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