Diesel's story continued

​Town is a pretty scary place and it took me three months before I could actually walk around an entire block in town without being terrified and freezing.  I don’t know if you’ve been to town, but there are fireworks, cars, lawn mowers, trucks, people … so many things to be scared of.  I was lucky and got to go to my Mum’s work and hang out in the garden a lot of the time. All the nurses were really nice too and I got lots of cuddles.  They even taught me what toys were.  I’d never seen a ball. It took me about 6 months to learn to catch. I kept trying though because I’d seen other dogs doing it at the park and it looked really cool.  Now I’m pretty darn good at it, well I catch maybe 6 out of 10 throws. I should probably practice more …
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Settling into my new family went pretty smooth except for Sammy.  Sammy is the cat.  I’m pretty embarrassed about it now, but I thought he was food. I just got mistaken. It took me a while to change my behaviour. Instinct would just take over and he was so plump and fluffy.  I’ve said sorry about a million times, but now he is always angry at me.  I think he holds a grudge.  I’ve heard people say elephants have a long memory. Maybe he is part elephant and that is why he is fat too.  I know I’m bigger than him, but I’m a bit scared of him now.  Sometimes when he gets hangry, he takes it out on me.  Mum tells him off, but he still does it occasionally.  I can’t walk past him anymore so mum has to stand between us so I can get out the door.  He doesn’t actually do anything to me, but he looks at me in a really scary cat way.  I think Sammy sits in the doorways and by the car door on purpose just so I can’t go past.  Mum says it’s a pity as we could have been good friends.