Take a look at this photo, at first glance; you would think ‘what an adorable puppy’, I mean…so did I. When she was a pup she was a “looker” that’s for sure. We are speaking about, Miss Pearl Bailey, of course, she was five months old in this picture.
Now, I ask you to take a hard second look at this clandestine photo shot. I actually had to sneak up on her to get it. Pearl Bailey is sitting on my glass-top coffee table just as big as she pleased. Now, a half-grown Retriever probably weighs 40 lbs. at five months, so it is even more astounding that I actually took a calm moment to get the shot before shooing her off. You see I needed validation because even back then she was demonstrating errant behavior.
So, now you can quite understand why I am diligent in exposing her antics. If her restrictive upbringing ever comes to the forefront, I will have documented proof that my parental skills had nothing to do with it, she was born that way!