A dancing Lady, ready to go for a walk

A HAPPY LADY

Lady looked bored when I went to get her today in the backyard. When she saw me, she knew something was up, and she literally started dancing. She must have danced around me 10 seconds before she lined up to go out in the yard.

Is that unusual? Very.

When we got to the van, though, she didn't want to get in. I tried two or three times, then took her for a walk around the neighborhood.

I realized that she was excited about a walk, not a trip to the dog park.

Now? We're home, and she's sleeping under a table; one of her usual spots.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, and I'm still in pain.

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Other entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2015)

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• 12-plus years with my dog Lady

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!