Love

We're dog-sitting Julie's sister's schnoodle, Cooper. If you don't know what a schnoodle is, arrange a romantic evening between a schnauzer and a poodle, and when the puppies are born, feed them lots of caffeine.

Cooper and Tulip are the same size, and they've spent the past three days chasing each other around the house as though they're preparing to reenact Simba and Nala's awkward licking scene from the Lion King. Indeed, if they rode the same bus to 6th grade, the other kids would consider them to be "going together."

Which is all fine and good since we've taken the advice of Bob Barker and now Drew Carey. There's no danger of a litter of lhasa-schnoos.

But anyway the point is that someday our daughter will start "going with" someone on her bus, and then we'll have to sit her down (and probably him too) and go over some ground rules. These rules will aim to prevent them from engaging in any Cooper/Tulip shenanigans.

- No tongue
- No biting
- No rolling around together
- No chasing
- Stay off our couches

We have some time, so this list could get longer. No wonder they call it puppy love.