Murphy's First Trip to the Store by Marisa

Murphy’s First Trip to the Store - Marisa
The first time we took Murphy to the store we also had Monty with us. (You can not go to a pet store with out Monty!) Murphy was in the back of the car with Meghan and I, he mostly rode on Meghan's lap. While we were shopping we shared him equally, she carried Murphy into the store, I would get to carry him out later. Mom had Monty, who thinks he owns any pet store we take him to and everything in them. We went over to the cat toys first. This is Monty’s favorite aisle and Murphy seemed to like it a lot too. There Murphy played with several balls, a couple of time he batted one of the balls under the shelves and Meghan had to try to get it out. Another time he batted it and it went clear into the next aisle!
As we were crossing the center of the store, Monty almost ended up Rottweiler food. Another family was there with their two dogs, one was just a little puppy. The bigger one, thought it was snack time, so Meghan and I hurried Murphy away to where the leashes and collars are. Although we had already gotten him a maroon collar and matching leash, we got him a collar with happy faces all over it but they didn’t have the matching leash. Then we looked at harnesses, for Murphy so he will be safe riding in the car. He is so little we couldn’t buy the kind Monty has yet so we just got him just a regular black harness for now.. Mom made me go and get a cart. Mom took Monty off to find some stuff to keep the tear stains off Murphy’s face, a common problem for dogs that are white. After exiting the aisle Meghan and Murphy turned right toward Horse supplies, I had the cart and followed Meghan.(Horse supplies is her favorite section of the store.) It was about a minute later when Murphy had a wet accident. As I was cleaning up the accident, Meghan brought me paper towels from a ( luckily nearby) "Oops" station. We then caught up with Mom she was looking at the dog bowls, we picked out a red one like Monty’s and after paying for the things in the cart, we left Petsmart and went home.
That night we played with Murphy and my dad bought him Puppy Chow from Pathmark because the stuff the breeder gave us attracts flies like you have never seen. We are changing his diet a little at a time so it doesn’t upset his stomach. That is the best way to do it. His first night he slept with my parents on the couch, I don’t think that was the plan but I guess they were really tired. Puppies are hard work! The next day Saturday, we took him (and Monty) to Petco and bought him a life preserver, he needs one so he can go out on our boat with us. I just hope he doesn’t blow out of the boat because he is less then two pounds and it gets breezy and bumpy. He doesn’t like the preserver much, but he seems to like our pool. He didn’t even try to scratch us when we put him in the water. We didn’t make him swim, we just held him in the water so he could get used to it. Mom takes him in the pool everyday now. It gets him very tired, and he takes a long nap. Myles is still upset, he thinks he is the mom because he tries to pick Murphy up and carry him around. He did the same thing to Monty, he even washes his face. Fala has decided Murphy can stay, as long as he stays away from her. Shadow must not mind because he is not hiding under the table. Monty doesn’t care as long as he gets new toys. Murphy is so funny, he tugs on the puff on Monty’s tail and on his ears, Monty so far has been tolerant and hasn’t growled much. The reason we take Murphy to the store so much is to help him become socialized around other people and animals. This is very important for any puppy, but a therapy dog even more so. MNC