No more dog park trips for awhile

My most recent post here is titled "We're back." That meant we were back to the dog park.

But Lady's gotten hurt the last two times at the dog park. The last time, a big dog tried to play with her, and she ended up on her butt. The time before, a dog tried to play with her, and she fell on her hip.

Lately, she's had trouble getting in and out of the car; once, she fell flat on her side in the back floorboard of the car. And several times in recent days she's either fallen or nearly fallen in the house.

So I don't think we'll go back to the dog park for awhile. Between her age and the heat (which she doesn't handle well), it's best to stay home.

Last night I tried to walk Lady. Instead of leaving the car port, she went around the car and sniffed it. Then she came back around the car and didn't want to get hooked up on her line (something she normally likes). So I brought her in the house.

I wonder if her sore hip had anything to do with it. Or was there an animal out there she didn't like.

Lady passed last night (Saturday, Sept. 17) a bit after 5 a.m.

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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)

• 13-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

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• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

• No luck with Billy Sims

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!