Sunday, June 15, 2014

A dog named Lady

SHE'S A LADY, UNTIL SHE WANTS TO
BE A DOG. (FILE PHOTO)
A man brought his toddler son into the dog park today and reintroduced the child to Lady. We'd seen them recently.

 "She's a Lady," the man told the confused child.

 I corrected him. "She's a dog named Lady," I said. "She's as likely to act like a dog as any other dog."

 Actually, that's not totally true. Lady doesn't start fights, and she doesn't bother people or dogs. Usually, she's calm and patient.

 Unless food or water are involved, of course.

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Friday, June 13, 2014

A new trick for Lady

LADY AT THE DOG PARK...
They say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but Lady learned a new trick yesterday.

 I was driving down the road toward the dog park when I realized that the left-rear window was open, and Lady had stuck her head out into the wind! Apparently, she stood on the windowsill and accidentally touched the button that opens the window.

 I tried to just run the window up with my left hand, but it wouldn't work; her head was in the way. So I had to slow to a crawl and reach back to move her head out of the way. Then I ran the window up and proceeded on up the road.

 Why the worry? She was trying to climb out of the window at 40 miles an hour. I must remember to "lock" the window from now on.

 NOTE: She's stood on that windowsill since then, but I keep the windows locked.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016, two weeks before her unofficial birthday (we got her Oct. 1, 2002).

 NOTE: Dixie stood on the windowsill just after we got her. She learned early.

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