A while back our dog died. We’ve always had a dog; so my wife, after sobbing for a couple of weeks decided to go out and adopt a dog instead of buying one. I thought it was a great idea. I didn’t think it was going to be quite like adopting a baby; the dog was old but still full of spunk! It settled in nicely, even when we moved to another state it adapted well. Well, a funny thing happened! We acquired another dog, which was basically a baby. And apparently it didn’t have much love before he came to us, and we love our pets equally.
Well, it was a funny thing, the more we loved up the new dog the more the old dog came around and tried to intercede and be loved up as much. Usually she just lays there and wags her tail and smiles. Now, no matter what, whenever I play with one dog, the other one is right there. And I mean RIGHT THERE! One dog is jumping up on the other and trying to get the person to pay more attention to the other. To me, that is just pure jealousy! But I guess it’s good, it tells me they both love being where they are!
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Our dogs love to play with cheap squeaky toys that we can buy in the pet supplies section at Wal-Mart. It is so much fun watching our oldest dog go after they squeaker part with great enthusiasm. Most of the new toys that we buy that squeak, are “de-squeaked” within twenty minutes of giving the toy to her. She loves to play tug-of-war and “keep-away” with us with the toy, and we love to watch the two dogs play “keep-away” from each other. We’ll give them both a new identical toy at the same time, yet each dog thinks that the toy that the other dog has MUST be superior, so they are trying to steal each other’s toys. It really is funny to watch them play with each other and with the toys.
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This past weekend I was happy to finally be able to burn the brush pile that I have been building for months. There has been a drought in the area, which resulted in a burning moratorium. We’ve had a few days of rain, and they lifted the moratorium, so I burned the pile.
I was truly in my element, out there, rake in hand, tending the fire. It burned high and quick. My wife was nervous about sparks setting the nearby woods on fire, or even our roof, but I had everything under control. She is such a worrier!
I was surprised, though, that the pile smoldered for four days afterwards! A little surprise rose out of this, on the third night, I let the dogs out about two o’clock in the morning. Within minutes, they started barking and growling. As I stepped out onto the deck to see what the matter was, I saw two large glowing eyes staring at me from the middle of the lawn. Upon further examination, I noticed that it was two hot spots from the pile of ashes and embers that was driving the dogs crazy. The next day I hosed the spot down and took care of it.
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