Carolyn Holm

Dear Poppy,
When my daughter came for a visit with her dog Mika, we were having such a lovely time, until we all went out for a walk. What the heck was that all about?
Love, Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
That walk was EPIC!!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
And by epic, you mean insane and obnoxious? Because it was a horrible walk. You two behaved very, very badly.
Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
We were having an exciting time!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
You were wild and unruly. Both of you.
Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
What does unruly mean?
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It’s when you two behaved like you were about to attack another dog. You both looked ferocious, like you wanted to rip them apart. And not just once. There were five different encounters.
Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
We weren’t unruly – we were ruly!!! We wouldn’t have ripped anyone apart!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
No one could have guessed that, based on your behavior. Sweetie, you were transformed. Normally the two of you look sane. But on that walk you were lunging and yelling and screaming like crazy animals.
Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
It was pretty exciting.
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
It was embarrassing. You two were going berserk. And dear god, those were our neighbors.
Love, Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
Together we are a dog pack!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
That pretty much describes it. Neither one of you is like that on her own. But together you became a batshit-crazy dog pack.
Carolyn

Dear Alpha Mommy,
When Mika is here we are totally bad-ass!!!! A bad-ass wild dog pack!!!!!!
XOXO Poppy

Dear Poppy,
Somehow next time she visits we’re going to have to stuff that genie back in the bottle.
Carolyn

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