Kris Kristofferson was playin' in the background as I lay my rough, naked body on the cool sheets beside her. She was already sleeping, it being so late in the night and my having worked beyond midnight. I watched her as I lit a last cigarette and let smoke drift to the ceiling; her little blind eyes shut softly and tiny paws twitching in some peaceful dream. I wanted so to touch her then, but refrained from disturbing her sleep, just watching her as my own mind came to peace.
Rags, his regular patrolling of the now silent house done, came into the bedroom and curled on the bed at my feet. His weigh, though mine hadn't, wakened her, and her tiny nose searched the air around her. I proffered a time wore hand, and she found it, licking gently. Her silky furred tail gave a single thump and she stretched and stood, coming closer to my prone form. I crushed my smoke in the crystal ashtray by the bed, and enveloped her in a soft hug. She kissed again, this time my tired face, and I returned it on her little cheek. My happy lips traveled slowly from her face down her sweet, sexy neck to her muscular little shoulder as she lay soft again beside me. Her tiny head rested on my shoulder, her paws against my side and giving my sparse haired chest a lick. I could feel the pulse of her vulva against my hip, feel and almost smell her heat, as she again closed her chestnut eyes, and I wanted badly. I resisted though.
My arm lay along her arched back, my hand resting curled about her rump, and my free hand covered us carefully with a top sheet. I felt her warm breath assault my neck, her body twitch slightly under my arm, as she drifted into dream again, and I lit another smoke and stared at the ceiling, soaking in her feel beside me till, cigarette gone and pillows feeling near as soft as Shadow while Rags again left to patrol the house, I too slipped into dream, a peaceful image of her love...
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What is it with people with dogs smoking? If you have been smoking the last few hours, you, your clothes, your hair stinks abominably and that's with just my human nose. Do people really need to subject their dogs not only to that but actually smoke with them in the same room? And that's not even starting with indications that pets' health may even be more impacted by smoke than children's.
I understand that you can be addicted and unable to stop, but the least you can do is smoke outside and take a shower, wash your mouth and change your clothes when coming inside.
I agree, but I didn't want to seem like a whiner and ruin the story.
It's such a shame people don't even think about animals when smoking, or no one at all.
It's even worse when you're around your partner, increasing the chances of diseases and health problems on your rarest gem.
It's also my opinion that anyone smoking in such stories ruin the atmosphere and is distracting.
But honestly, that is always up to the writer to decide, but it doesn't hurt to make suggestions.
It was actually a concern expressed by a friend (Big Al for those who know him) that caused me to quit smoking for the sake of my animals. However, I smoked at the time, it happened during the time this story is set, thus it belonged in the story. I don't fabricate stories of Shadow, nor change events even when they tell of bad occurrences, only attempt to tell folks what happened, and how and why. I am sorry this one bad act is all you've taken away from the story, but to not have it there would have IMO detracted more from the telling than to have told it truthfully.
No worries, we just didn't know you had already quit smoking. Good job! Wonderful story, thanks for sharing! You should post more!
As I write new ones, I do post them. The old ones, and there're a lot of 'em, are all over the web. A quick search for "silverwolf tippy stories" brings up quite a few.
FWIW, I appreciate those who actually tell the truth in their stories, for better or for worse. It makes them worth reading.
It's just a pet peeve. Some time ago I "worked" at a small place where the boss had a nice dog. He smoked with the dog in his office and he smoked with his dog in the car. Major WTF for me.
Today I too saw someone with a dog on her leash - and smoking. While waiting for the bus someone else was smoking and standing close enough that everyone could smell it.
I commend you for fixing your mistake, but I got to be honest, I don't understand in what mindset people consider that to be okay in the first place. When you were lying in your bed next to the dogs and blowing smoke at the ceiling, did you think about how the dogs feel about the smell and how it will affect their health?
Smoke is bad. But some animals also seem very impacted by other chemical agents, such as cleaning products, perfumes or deodorants. I have heard some perfumes can be a bit harmful... I don't know if that is true, but many of my animals look confused when I am using perfume or deodorants, so I just try not to use them around them.
To be honest, I also thought about voicing my concerns about the potential danger of exposing your dogs to cigarette smoke, and in fact, this aspect ruined the story for me. Eventually, I decided not to do so, for I realized that these memories must have an immense emotional value for you and that I might have hurt your feelings by being so open about my aversion to nicotine abuse. Nevertheless, I have to admit that your story was quite a pleasure to read and that it has touched me, who has literally been growing up among dogs, on an emotional level. Of course, I can't relate to its sexual aspects, for my affection for dogs has never gone beyond what I'd refer to as close friendship. Though, despite this limitation, I think that I can understand your emotions in the situation you describe. Just out of curiosity: What exactly did you mean by saying that you "wanted badly"? What could or would you have possibly done with her under more favorable circumstances?
Made love with her, if she was in the mood to. I loved touching her little body, caressing her and having sex with her. She always let me know when she was interested in doing so, and I've never been one to give into lust just to satisfy myself. Shadow was a very demanding and quite excellent lover.
BTW, just holding her was a very "favorable" circumstance, satisfying another type of lust, one of the mind you might say...
she was a black lab if i remember, correct?
No, a Border Collie, as was Tippy. I love the breed itself as well.
One of the 2 I have now, strictly a companion, is a Lab. Might be you confused that dog with Shadow.
ah yes sounds like I am.
ah cute.