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had brought a blanket, some doggy treats and the toys with us to the countryside<br />

to collect him.<br />

Elly didn’t really care and spent much of her time talking to her family. I<br />

studied the three dogs and saw that one was a little calmer. When the other two<br />

were rough housing, the third watched on. He disappeared one time only to<br />

return moments later with a slice of watermelon in his mouth that was bigger<br />

than he was.<br />

That was my dog. That was my Krueger.<br />

I couldn’t have been happier returning triumphantly in the back of Elly’s<br />

Mum’s minivan with little Krueger to our home. We had our first baby in our<br />

hands and he did fit into the palm of your hand. He was so excited, so nervous,<br />

so full of fleas. He watched excitedly out of the window as we drove off. He<br />

had never been out of the village before and I got a feeling, a strange and<br />

wonderful feeling showing him something that he’d never known. I poured<br />

some water out of a bottle into my cupped hand and as it seeped through he<br />

lapped it up. Elly wanted to do it but giggled when he licked her and dropped<br />

the water on her leg.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y were beginning to bond but I’d read that she should be careful of the fleas<br />

and we had brought some spray and doused him with it in the van. I didn’t think<br />

about checking if the chemicals were ok for Andrew.

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