Dachshund Disaster by Tui T. Sutherland

Author:Tui T. Sutherland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2014-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

I’d only been inside Furry Tails, the town pet store, once, on the day before my birthday, when we went in to buy some stuff for King. Normally when Mom or Giovanni went in to get food for Bowser or Meowser, I would wait in the car, because it was too weird to look at all the stuff I wanted to get but couldn’t because I didn’t have a dog of my own.

But on Saturday I’d finally been able to choose all the dog stuff I’d wanted — a bright red leash and matching collar with a pattern of gold thread woven through it; a big white, squishy dog pillow with black dog bones all over it; the two little red dishes for his food and water; and a tiny red harness seat belt for the car.

We hadn’t gone into the food aisle because we already had a giant bag of dog food for Bowser at home, and Mom said we could just use that for King as well. So I’d forgotten to get treats, and even worse (if you asked me), I’d also forgotten to get any toys for him.

Aidan trailed after us as we headed into Furry Tails. Giovanni insisted that we couldn’t leave him at home alone, and David still wasn’t back with Harper.

“Hey Aidan,” I said, “why don’t you go look at the hamsters while we check out the dog toys?”

Aidan glanced in the direction of the small rodent section. I knew he liked watching the mice and guinea pigs and gerbils playing on their wheels, so I was hoping he’d leave us alone for a while.

No such luck. “Can’t I come pick a dog toy with you?” Aidan said. “There are so many good ones! Some of them squeak! I can help you find the perfect one!”

“Oh, he can come,” Midori said. “He’s no bother.” She smiled at Aidan and he gave her a worshipful look.

“Fine,” I said. “But I get to make the final decision, so no making a fuss about it.”

“I never make a fuss!” Aidan said indignantly.

I was actually less worried about Aidan and more worried about King. It was fun to bring him into the pet store with us, but what if he saw another dog and started barking?

Almost as soon as I’d thought that, we turned into the treats aisle and spotted a tiny, shaggy white poodle a few feet ahead of us.

“RARF RARF RARF RARF!” King bellowed, bracing his paws and looking up at me for backup.

The poodle jumped in surprise and spun around. When she saw King, her tail started wagging about a million miles an hour. She came bounding over toward him, yanking the pink leash out of her owner’s hand.

“Uh-oh,” Midori said under her breath as she saw who was on the other end of the leash.

“Buttons!” Rosie Sanchez yelped, stamping her foot. “Buttons, no! Get back here!”

Buttons paid no attention to Rosie; she was too excited about saying hello to King. She bounced into a play bow in front of his face with her little pom-pom tail wagging frantically.

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