Today is my puppy's/dog's first birthday. I have never been a dog person until this last year, when I somehow ended up with a dog; let me explain...
My ex-girlfriend, Brooke, worked on the movie "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" as an extras wrangler and other movie term positions. One of the locations just happened to be the Caddo Animal Shelter...oh joy. While taking a break between filming, a lady pulled up with a box of Australian Shepherd/Black Lab puppies in her van. Ohs and Ahs ensued as these were the cutest puppies anyone had ever seen (aren't they all?). One of the stars of the movie, Amber Tamblyn, saw one especially rambunctious puppy; while all the others were sleeping or resting, this particular puppy was biting their ears, jumping on them, trying to get out of the box.
She instantly wanted to adopt it, but wasn't sure if she could have dogs in her hotel. Alas, the perfect idea came up: lets adopt her and alternate the nights she stays between the hotel and Brooke's apartment. Then she can come to set during the day and play with her siblings, since they all were adopted by the crew. When the movie is done shooting, Amber would simply take her home and live happily ever after! The first night was Brooke's, so she took her to the apartment, which had a strict no dogs rule. Ella was the puppy's new name, after the character Amber played in the movie. It soon morphed into Ella Michael Douglas (in the movie, Ella's godfather) Metcalf (Jesse Metcalf, in the movie) Moore (Joel Moore, also in the movie) Cross (David Cross, dating Amber).
That night was the first Ella spent away from her siblings, so whimpering, peeing, and pooping took place. The next night, she stayed with Amber, in the hotel that had a strict no dogs allowed rule. The following night is where I enter this story. After a night of the same, Brooke called me at three in the morning, asking if I would pick her up, since I had that day off. I obliged, knowing that my mom had a strict no animals allowed in the house rule. The first part of the morning, I slept in the car until about 4, when my mom went to work; I then came inside the house and we slept in my bed until I had to take my sister to school at 8. An interesting note...she never once whined or whimpered, peed outside, no problems. I then took her to Brooke so she could take her to set. Amber said that she was going back to L.A. for the week so she wouldn't be able to take the puppy...translation...I would be sleeping with the puppy each night.
When Amber got back, she took Ella for the week, so I thought my job was accomplished. Unfortunately, I had grown fond of the little girl. Amber soon discovered the place where she lived did not allow dogs and that she wouldn't be able to take her home...translation...I would now have to convince my mom we could take care of a puppy, which was simple since my mom had melted over her as well. Brooke and I broke up not long after, and Ella has been with me ever since...and I have become a dog person.
