The Dog Blog: June 2017

Sunday, June 25, 2017

LADY, FROM HER YOUNGER DAYS...

I was so proud of Lady one day in early 2016. We were at the dog park, and this big, young German shepherd was determined to get her to play. By then, though, she was an old dog and didn't want any part of him.

So she woofed at him on at least two occasions. The second time, he got the message, and he finally left her alone.

She seemed to be saying: Go away, kid; you bother me.

Good girl; GOOD girl.

Another time, Lady was in the middle of the big-dog side, and a young dog tried to get her to play. She woofed loudly, and I said LADY! The young dog's owner, in a huff, said that wasn't ladylike behavior. He stormed out of the gate and slammed it so hard that he broke the latch.

They didn't fix the latch until the next day (I told the rec guy that it was broken). That was definitely NOT gentlemanly behavior.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016, and I'm still recovering.

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More 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

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

• Good Samaritan

• 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!

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

Thursday, June 22, 2017

DIXIE'S QUICK DESPITE A MISSING LEG.

Dixie is like most dogs. She doesn't realize she needs to be hooked up a line (or leash) to go outside.

Today, I was going to put her outside on her line, and she followed me right out the door. I hollered "No!", and she stopped and laid down. Then I hooked her up and put her outside.

It's not unusual for dogs to do that. Lady walked past me a couple of times before I could hook her up, and I remember a dog beating its owner (not me) out the gate at the dog park. That dog gave its owner a merry chase around the parking lot.

The nice thing is that Dixie generally Dixie listens to me. So far, she's come back when she's beaten my wife or me out the door.

• Woof! (translation: Go away, kid; you bother me)