Ava learns about colloquialisms

Van was being very responsible when we got home from the gym today. He went right in, took Pepper out of his box and headed outside for Pepper's potty training. It is so cute to watch Pepper run after Van, the literal puppy love is so apparent. Van had his hand on the very heavy reinforced steel door's handle, pulling it shut as he and his puppy ran out.  Unfortunately for Pepper, something caught his attention and he  decided to stop right before crossing the threshold to the outside world. Van tried valiantly to stop the momentum of the closing door, but found that his little body was no match for that very heavy reinforced steel door. Hearing the yelps of pain that filled the house, I ran towards the door. Van was not hurt, but his puppy's little paw was not so lucky. I picked Pepper up, and he crawled up my chest until he was nuzzling my neck, and he just cried and cried. It was heartbreaking. I was trying to calm Van down while at the same time assess the hurt factor of Peppers paw. Meanwhile Ava is sitting next to me trying to "help" by petting and kissing Pepper and asking over and over if he was ok. I told Ava that the best thing that she could do to  help would be to move back, so that I could see Pepper's paw without her bumping me. So Van said, "Yeah Ava if you want to help, move back and give Pepper some air." Her face lights up at the prospect of actually being able to help. So she quickly moves about 2 inches back and begins blowing air onto Pepper.

PS Pepper is still limping a little, but no permanent damage was done.