It Worked!
They couldn’t believe it. After keeping to the strict routine for a week, Smoochie’s mood improved. She started acting like her old self again. But it wasn’t over yet. Would she now care for her puppies?
There was only one way to find out. They reintroduced her to the same puppies she had ignored a month before. Miraculously, she recognized them as her own and started to care for them. It was an amazing start. They just had to keep it up.
In order to protect the privacy of those depicted, some names, locations, and identifying characteristics have been changed and are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblances to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, are entirely coincidental.