that Dee

Wednesday, October 28, 2009





Winnie basking in a big patch of sunlight in her upstairs hall look out chair

My bath is pouring, the dogs have been out, Bleet's asleep on a windowsill pillow and those kittens Gussie and Oliver are peeling around downstairs in what sounds to be some very high energy top speed kitten antics (I still refer to them as the kittens although they turned 3 this summer), Piper Belle is in the red armchair that sits in my office curled up into a tight ball of wiry golden sweetness and the lovely Missy D is ensconced in her cave/den bed under my desk.

I'm enjoying my second cup of coffee and it feels like all is well with our world. It feels really good to say the dogs again - I've noticed a big difference in Winnie already. She's more energetic, more enthusiastic, she races out into our giant fenced in dog yard with Piper and stays out there awhile - they sit on the little hill on visual patrol OK, you look that way and I'll look this way they seem to say to each other. Before Piper arrived I couldn't convince Winnie to go into the dog yard at all since Jake's been gone she hardly ever goes out there. She needed a friend to do her stuff with. Piper still occasionally takes a little snap at Winnie if they're both close to me and I happen to be paying just a little more attention to Winnie, even for a second. It's a very nonthreatening snap, no growl or snarl and no where near making actual contact. I scold Piper, tell her No ! and Winnie is so sweet and tolerant she looks at Piper as if to say I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that girlfriend - calm your nerves ! Miss D constantly surprises me. Like her crazed, gentle puppy play with Baby Duke last summer - she was so unabashedly just plain silly in her endless enthusiastic antics with him. And once again she's showing her kind and tolerant nature. Since Piper arrived last Thursday I love Winnie Dixon even more ... now how is that possible ?

She's some kinda dog that Dee.

11 comments:

  1. That sweet Miss D...makes me love her from afar.

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  2. Good for Miss D! I'm glad to hear she is frolicking and having fun. Piper Belle sounds like she is fitting right in.

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  3. That Dee is a deelight! Yes, she is! xoxo to the gang!

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  4. when we get Trout healed up i hope to get another dog. i would have loved to have desi -is that the gray dog a few posts down? he would look right in the country with us. ho hum, more gorgeous photos. ;-)

    your miss d is a beauty, i can smell the warmed fur from here

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  5. Shadows and light. So glad she's got a sister to hang with or tolerate when need be.
    Still I think the pack needs one more member.

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  6. I know exactly what you mean from watching my two. I am so happy for Winnie D. She did need a friend, didn't she? I'm also so glad it worked out with your elderly shepherd. The perfect ending. How could they have even entertained the idea of leaving them??? Of splitting them up?? So happy they came to their senses. A family is a family.

    Just loving the thought of you up there with two dogs!

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  7. Love those pictures of Miss Winnie!
    She has the most beautiful face EVER!

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  8. I just joined up on your blog so don't know the backstory, but do your dogs and cats play with each other? We recently got a golden retriever puppy and a kitten, brought them home on the same day. They kind of think they are the same. The golden is getting more rambunctious though and the kitten gets annoyed. I like that they have each other to play with. Anyway, Dee looks so sweet. Happy doggie...

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  9. I'm so happy it's going well for them!

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  10. i'm really enjoying hearing how miss piper belle is settling in, susan! and how good for miss d that she now has a yard companions. we often thought of getting a friend for presley and never id. hindsight tells me that this post-presley transition would have been easier if we still had one dog. i've started doing some investigation work into adopting a rescue dog. time will tell.

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