Doom Dogs

[Greg]

When Maeve was a puppy, we despaired. She was a handful. She barked. She destroyed. She ran away from us. We questioned if she would ever settle down. She was a monster.

The day we brought Dani home, a flip got switched. She became Dani's protector. No matter how much Dani would bark and bite her, Maeve would take it. She was the elder dog and Dani was her charge.

Okay, Maeve can still be a handful, but not the way she was before Dani.

Now, Pixel was locked up in Cindi's office for her safety. Occasionally, she would venture only to be met by the fearsome monster protecting her house against all comers (Except fireworks. Those can have the house) The Queen would occasionally sit with Pixel on the couch but that was met with a lot of suspicion and poking with the nose at Pixel.

But that changed when Pixel neared the end. She could wander the house with semi-impunity. There were pokes but not like when she was healthy. It's probably anthropomorphizing to say the dog sensed her demise, but they didn't have aggression to her as they had done in the past.

And then there was the way Maeve changed when Dani arrived.

So, I was not surprised when Maeve comforted Pixel on her last day. That's the kind of dog she is.