puke 'n rally
my little dog's a fighter. he was the runt of the liter. yet he had the most energy. we almost named him killer or spike. we thought that would be a funny name for a toy poodle. but we settled on nacho. not named after a chip but rather a king in the bible. my sister was young, and misread necho, the pharaoh of egypt approximately 610-595 BC, as nacho. simple mistake. but everyone assumes he is named after a chip, grandpa calls him nacho cheese. i suppose the dog's fur is the color of tostitos.
nacho is getting old. 91 dog years old in fact. we still call him puppy because of his small size, yet he's losing some of his spunk. he has always struggled with epilepsy. he's growing benign fatty lumps. age spots speckle his skin like a dalmation. he gags often, and that sometimes results in puking. after uneating his food, he walks away ashamed. he knows he's done wrong. but there is always someone in the family there to clean it up. because we know he's getting old and can't control it. so we move on as if it never happened. and treat him like a king.