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CJ is a dog. He’s a black lab that used to belong to us, but now resides with Maria’s sister. He’s a good dog, but he’s old and now deaf. And he’s overweight too, but not as much as he was before we inherited him from Maria’s other sister. Yes, he’s a family hand-me-down dog.

But I have to say, he’s happiest in his current home. And although you would think that he would enjoy our home more, because there are four of us to administer the attention, Maria’s sister dotes on him and he does not lack for affection.

But then she had to travel and was going to be gone for a week. Of course we agreed to keep CJ. We like CJ. He used to be ours and lived in our house. He would feel right at home.

But then she dropped him off and flew out. CJ isn’t the same anymore. He’s still a good dog, don’t get me wrong, but he’s spoiled these days. He wakes up at all times of the night and whines. And did I mention that he’s deaf? We couldn’t just tell him to “get back in bed.” We had to get up and physically lead him to his bed and make him lie down. Over and over and over.

After the second night, Maria and I decided to take turns getting up with him. It was awful. We felt bad for him because he really loves Maria’s sister, and we knew he was probably getting up in the night looking for her.

But after a week of it, we couldn’t wait for him to go home. We met Maria’s sister at the airport, taking CJ with us so that we could drop them both home together. And they were thrilled to see each other.

Kudos to her for taking care of CJ the way she does. She spoils him mercilessly. And, it appears, he enjoys it immensely. But Freakin’ CJ is too spoiled for us anymore. And he doesn’t keep decent hours anymore.

~Doug