Great story. Great memories. I should post some new pictures of Sandy - she actually fit all of my criteria for the dog I didn't know I was looking for :)
>________________________________ > From: raunchydog <raunchy...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:22 PM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: apropos of nothing > > > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: >> >> Very cute. Â I took the jack to a large park yesterday on Lake Washington >> yesterday with another person who has large dogs - german shepherd, huskies, >> a couple of rescues. Â They aren't aggressive nor is the jack so we let them >> run together. Â Nothing is more exhilarating than watching a dog go into a >> full run as part of a "pack." Â The weather had cleared and the sun was >> coming out over the field with the lake in the background - they had so much >> fun and it was a beautiful sight. Â She doesn't play much with other dogs >> but she ran with them like she was a big dog. Â Â Â >> > >Loved hearing about your little dog. It reminds me of all the many park trails >I walked with my sweet Miniature Schnauzer, Dolly. I miss her. She was a fine >little friend and great trail companion. She knew her way around town, barked >like crazy whenever I drove past a park. If I didn't stop the car for a doggie >run, she would stop barking, look wistfully back at the park and then >disappointedly at me. > >Dogs have a wonderful way of conveying their feelings with their whole body, >especially with ears and tails. Dolly didn't have much of a tail, it didn't >wag, it twitched. Her ears were her most expressive feature. When her ears >were straight up, alert and shaved after a grooming, if the sun hit them just >right they became a lovely pink translucence. > >I got Dolly from a puppy mill in Nauvoo. Although she would have enjoyed the >walk, I probably saved her from a life of helping Mormon missionaries >proselytize door to door. Before driving from Fairfield to Nauvoo to pick out >a puppy, I'd decided I wanted a miniature Schnauzer with uncropped ears. She >was the only puppy in a litter of six that fit my criteria. Apparently, they >didn't bother cropping her ears because she wasn't considered show dog quality >and the breeders knocked $25 off her price. She was a little bigger and feisty >than the others. She was the first one out of the puppy basket and onto the >grass to pee. I fell in love and would have gotten her at any price. > >> >> >> >________________________________ >> > From: raunchydog >> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> >Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:10 PM >> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] apropos of nothing >> > >> > >> >Â >> >Baby hedgehog >> >http://www.dailycuteness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/cute-hedgehog.png >> > >> >The Cutest Puppy in the World >> >http://youtu.be/mURoYko9zSs >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
