My Dog Ruined My Kid’s Birthday Party–and Showed Me…

 

 

My Dog Ruined my Kids’ Birthday Party, and Showed Me Who My True Friends Are

 

Dogster Magazine

 

With 14 boys coming to our house for my son Michael’s fifth birthday party, I developed a plan that detailed every moment of the two-and-a-half-hour celebration. It was designed to create the impression that ours was a well-run, loving, organized household whose youngest member was deserving of summer play dates. I had somehow failed to convey this message during the school year, when I often picked up Michael while I was either sobbing over the untimely death of our dog, Lucy, or wrestling with our four-month-old Golden Retriever, Hudson, whom I had hoped would fill the hole in my heart.

Read the story in Dogster:

https://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dog-puppy-behavior-training-thrashed-party-true-friends