Sticking together

“I have been great!” He replied with a wide grin and his tail wagging. “It looks like you seem to be doing well.”

She looked healthy and older then he had last seen her. Of course she could say the same for them. They were long past the time to run around as free spirited pups. Right now he was at the age were he should have found a mate and had pups himself, but he had been far to busy to worry about such things. He had many years left to live and he wanted to get his pack up and running before he added a mate and pups to the list (if a suiter came along that is).

Her words would only make him feel so much better as she expressed her pride in his work. He was always over the moon when one of his family would be proud of him because he always wanted them to be proud of him.

“Thank you,” he said in return. “Would you like me to show you around?”