Sunday, August 3, 2014

A really short walk with Lady

LADY'S GETTING SKITTISH IN HER OLD AGE (FILE PHOTO)

Lady and I didn't go to the dog park Sunday, so I thought we might take a short walk in the neighborhood after dark.  We'd just left the car port when Lady turned around. I tried to pull her down the driveway, and she went a few feet with me.

 But then she heard something around the house — it sounded like the gutter cracking above the front door — and she headed back again.

 She's done it before. There was a doe (a deer, a female deer) in our front yard the other day, and she may have smelled it or a relative. Or several relatives.

 Anyway, we didn't take a walk. She's lying at my feet as I write this.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

A special dog named Lady

LADY DOING HER 'SPECIAL' POSE...

The other day, I was at the dog park and talking to Ron, who works for the county recreation department. Ron keeps up the dog park and Horizons Park across the street.

 We noticed an older woman  — with obvious white hair — park beside my car. She and two young boys got out and sort of milled around outside the fence. They were talking about how big Lady was, and I was afraid I'd have to go so they could bring their dog in the small-dog lot.

 Then they started walking along outside the fence, and it was obvious they didn't have a dog. The woman said as much and said she wanted to look at the dogs, maybe pet a few.

 I told her she was welcome to do that. I added that she might go down to the local humane society; she could pet and walk dogs there. She said she'd never thought of that, and she thanked me. And they went on down the fence to see more dogs.

 Before they left, she asked what kind of dog Lady is. When I said she's a mutt, the woman was surprised. "I thought she was a special dog," she said.

 Well, she is. She just doesn't have a specific breed. (NOTE: We've since learned that Lady is one eighth boxer, one eighth chow, and 75 percent mutt.)

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016.

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