Jake sleeping with my stuffed puppy (it became his favorite toy)
Jake
Cooper
Checking out the baby
Babies napping
Time to go home!
After spending a weekend in PA with the puppies, it was time to bring Jake to his new home in Brooklyn. At the time, we were subletting an apartment from a nice couple in Williamsburg. This apartment was perfect. It was a railroad style apartment with a huge living room, one large bedroom, and giant kitchen. For a New York City apartment, it was big! There was only one problem with it: NO PETS ALLOWED. Needless to say, we were torn about what to do with our new puppy. We were concerned that if we got caught, the people who we were subletting from might face eviction or we ourselves would get evicted. We decided to take the chance and sneak him in since we only had about ten days left in the apartment. How hard could it be to hide a little puppy?
IT WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. I had to keep Jake entertained at all times so he wouldn't bark. I had to make sure he didn't make too much noise when he would run back and forth in the long hallway that stretched from the kitchen through the bedroom and into the living room (he loved this!). I had to teach him to go to the bathroom on puppy pads since I couldn't take him outside. We had to put him in a tote bag to hide him when we would leave the apartment. I couldn't even leave him in the apartment when I needed to go to the market because I was afraid he would bark and whine while I was gone. On top of all this, I couldn't even take him to the park or for a walk because I was terried he'd get parvo or some other disease puppies get in the city. Though we really loved that apartment, it was a relief when we finally moved out.
I snuck him over to McCarren Park because we were going crazy cooped up in the apartment. And it was the first beautiful day in April! I was nervous about parvo, so I tried to keep him on the blanket.
Under the coffee table - his favorite spot
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