“Hey! You peed on me!” Lucy sneezed and shook her head, sending yellow droplets flying.
“Not my problem,” Jo said. “And if you’d keep your nose out of my business, it wouldn’t be your problem, either!” Elbie just grinned and trotted along.
It was Saturday, and that morning, Mom had to work. But when she came home she took all the furkids out to Branched Oak, to see how full the lake was.
“Look, kids,” she pointed. “Lieber’s Point is gone!” Sure enough, where the geese had made their nest was entirely underwater. In fact, there was a flat-bottomed boat slowly drifting across where Lieber’s Point used to be. People in lawn chairs were at our normal swimming beach, and ranged all up and down the banks where we usually walk.
“I’m surprised there are so many fishermen out today,” Mom continued. “I thought, with all this rain, the fishing wouldn’t be very good. Let’s go over to our picnic area, since our regular swimming hole is full of people.” We went to our normal picnic area, and there wasn’t a soul in sight.
“Ah – this is better!” Mom said, as she turned off the Dogmobile and went around to the back. “Come on out!” She opened the door, and we all leapt out, scattering in three directions. Jo went west, Elbie went east, and Lucy… well, let’s just say that she was all over the place.
Mom brought the Frisbee, and kept flinging it for JoLee. If she wanted him to actually be able to catch it, though, she had to fling it out into the lake, because Lucy would breeze by JoLee, catch the Frisbee, and then keep it from him, laughing the whole time. Lucy followed Jo out into the lake for one catch, and stood there in the hock-deep water for a moment. Then she slowly laid down.
“Hey, this feels good! You should try this, Jo!”
JoLee gave her a look, shook his head and said, “Uh, no thanks, Lucy. Has anyone ever told you that you’re kind of odd?”
Lucy stood up and shook, then followed Jo back over to where Mom stood, laughing.
“I can’t wait to tell your Dad about this,” she said. “The only other time I’ve ever seen a dog do that was when your Auntie Sheila had her greyhound Kiowa. We went to the dog run, he found a muddy puddle and laid right down in it! It was so funny!”
We had a great time exploring and running and playing. It was the kind of day that Mom wishes she could bottle, or put safely in a box, to be pulled out and enjoyed again and again!
Friday, May 15, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Adopted - Now What?
Mom came in the front door, Lucy’s leash in hand. Of course, Jo and Elbie met her at the door, tails wagging. After greeting them, she threw the leash on the Command Chair and said, “Well, I know you don’t like Lucy, so I got rid of her. I just took her out into the country and dumped her.”
“What?” Jo wagged his tail. “Nah. You wouldn’t do that. I know better, Mom!”
Elbie wasn’t so sure. “Well, Jo, you know you’ve been growling at Lucy a lot lately. Maybe Mom DID get rid of her!”
Jo’s tail faltered, then came to a standstill. “No. You don’t really think she would have… No. No!” He trotted off to look out the window, but there was no Lucy to be seen in the back of the Dogmobile. “No!”
Mom said, "Oh, wait. I forgot something." She scooped up the leash on her way back outside, and when she came back, Lucy was on the end of it!! Jo jumped up and down, whined, barked and twined all around Lucy. Lucy just grinned and yawned.
“…And there were three other dogs there.” The three dogs were laying in a circle in the middle of the living room, and Lucy was telling JoLee and Elbie all about her very first class. “And we played and played – and you should have seen Maggie! She was really pretty. We were playing and then she got the zoomies and she ran and ran and ran – and then she ran right into the glass doors that went outside! We all thought she was going to be hurt, but she seemed to be okay.”
“Maybe a little dazed, you think?” Jo was hanging on every word. Elbie looked at him and just shook his head.
“Yeah, I would think so. She really bounced off that door.” Lucy yawned again. “And then Mom made me go through some more doors. You know,” she said thoughtfully, “I really don’t like going through a door when I don’t know what’s on the other side of it. Even if I can see through it, I don’t really know what’s in there.”
Jo nodded. “I know what you mean, Lucy. When I was just a pup, there were things I didn’t like, too, but I’ve done them all now, so I’m okay with them, and you will be, too!”
“Yeah, maybe,” Lucy said. “The instructor watched me playing with all the other dogs and then she looked at Mom and said, ‘And why were you here again?’ I think she was teasing Mom, because Mom told her that I was shy and needed to get more World Experience.”
They all laughed.
A little later, Mom was telling Dad about the trick she’d pulled on JoLee. “Lucy was so tired after the class that she was sound asleep no more than two minutes after I pulled away from the place. In fact, she didn’t even wake up when I pulled into the driveway, or when I went into the house!” She and Dad laughed. “I wish you could have seen how happy Jo was to see his little Lucy!”
“What?” Jo wagged his tail. “Nah. You wouldn’t do that. I know better, Mom!”
Elbie wasn’t so sure. “Well, Jo, you know you’ve been growling at Lucy a lot lately. Maybe Mom DID get rid of her!”
Jo’s tail faltered, then came to a standstill. “No. You don’t really think she would have… No. No!” He trotted off to look out the window, but there was no Lucy to be seen in the back of the Dogmobile. “No!”
Mom said, "Oh, wait. I forgot something." She scooped up the leash on her way back outside, and when she came back, Lucy was on the end of it!! Jo jumped up and down, whined, barked and twined all around Lucy. Lucy just grinned and yawned.
“…And there were three other dogs there.” The three dogs were laying in a circle in the middle of the living room, and Lucy was telling JoLee and Elbie all about her very first class. “And we played and played – and you should have seen Maggie! She was really pretty. We were playing and then she got the zoomies and she ran and ran and ran – and then she ran right into the glass doors that went outside! We all thought she was going to be hurt, but she seemed to be okay.”
“Maybe a little dazed, you think?” Jo was hanging on every word. Elbie looked at him and just shook his head.
“Yeah, I would think so. She really bounced off that door.” Lucy yawned again. “And then Mom made me go through some more doors. You know,” she said thoughtfully, “I really don’t like going through a door when I don’t know what’s on the other side of it. Even if I can see through it, I don’t really know what’s in there.”
Jo nodded. “I know what you mean, Lucy. When I was just a pup, there were things I didn’t like, too, but I’ve done them all now, so I’m okay with them, and you will be, too!”
“Yeah, maybe,” Lucy said. “The instructor watched me playing with all the other dogs and then she looked at Mom and said, ‘And why were you here again?’ I think she was teasing Mom, because Mom told her that I was shy and needed to get more World Experience.”
They all laughed.
A little later, Mom was telling Dad about the trick she’d pulled on JoLee. “Lucy was so tired after the class that she was sound asleep no more than two minutes after I pulled away from the place. In fact, she didn’t even wake up when I pulled into the driveway, or when I went into the house!” She and Dad laughed. “I wish you could have seen how happy Jo was to see his little Lucy!”
Friday, May 1, 2015
"Play With Me!!"
Heavy panting sounded loud in the darkness of the bedroom. The bed bucked and sloshed. Mom groaned.
“Lucy! Settle down!”
“Can’t! Can’t! Can’t!” Lucy panted. She jumped on Jo – he growled. She rolled on Dad – he grunted, then reached out and pulled her in close, so she couldn’t move. Lucy struggled and whined in her attempts to get free.
The noise woke Elbie in the spare room, and as he headed outside to do his business in the dark, Lucy broke free from Dad and hurtled at breakneck speed down the stairs. JoLee, thinking something interesting might be going on, followed close behind her.
Lucy’s barks could be heard echoing throughout the neighborhood. “Elbie! Jo! Play with me! Here’s my ball!”
Elbie rolled his eyes, finished emptying his bladder and headed for the dog door. “You silly grrl – it’s 3:00 in the morning! Nobody plays at 3:00 in the morning – it’s time to sleep!
Lucy looked up with huge dark eyes at the nearly-full moon hanging in the sky, and said, “It’s almost bright as daylight! It’s time to play!”
JoLee snorted and shook his head. “No way!”
And who was it that was sound asleep when it was time for Mom and Dad to get up and go to work?
Oh, yes. Miss Lucy.
“Lucy! Settle down!”
“Can’t! Can’t! Can’t!” Lucy panted. She jumped on Jo – he growled. She rolled on Dad – he grunted, then reached out and pulled her in close, so she couldn’t move. Lucy struggled and whined in her attempts to get free.
The noise woke Elbie in the spare room, and as he headed outside to do his business in the dark, Lucy broke free from Dad and hurtled at breakneck speed down the stairs. JoLee, thinking something interesting might be going on, followed close behind her.
Lucy’s barks could be heard echoing throughout the neighborhood. “Elbie! Jo! Play with me! Here’s my ball!”
Elbie rolled his eyes, finished emptying his bladder and headed for the dog door. “You silly grrl – it’s 3:00 in the morning! Nobody plays at 3:00 in the morning – it’s time to sleep!
Lucy looked up with huge dark eyes at the nearly-full moon hanging in the sky, and said, “It’s almost bright as daylight! It’s time to play!”
JoLee snorted and shook his head. “No way!”
And who was it that was sound asleep when it was time for Mom and Dad to get up and go to work?
Oh, yes. Miss Lucy.
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