Peculiar Puppy Parents and Patty

Christy A. Schmidt
Warts & All
10 min readJun 13, 2023

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Photo by Faith McDonald on Unsplash

“I never had trouble with names. You spend some time with them until you get to know them. Get to know what she’s like. Princess here? She was just so expectant to be waited upon.” Belinda cuddled her teacup poodle against her neck. “I had to name you Princess, didn’t I, sweetheart?”

The dog wriggled out of Belinda’s arms and returned to the glass dish that served as her food bowl.

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Christy A. Schmidt
Warts & All

Author, photographer, professor, attorney, life coach, yoga enthusiast. Insomniac. See more at: www.christyaschmidt.com or www.caschmidtphotography.com.