The loyal watchdog, defending her master's garage.
This is Isabella, commonly known as Izzy. She belongs to our daughter and son-in-law who live next door to us. Izzy is loyal most of the time. Occasionally she takes off and runs for parts unknown. She has even been known to go roll in the horse poop at a nearby stable. Of course then when she comes home she gets a thorough bath.
Most of the dogs I have had or known well have been girls. Let's see, there was Katy and Carolyn, Susie, now Izzy and Judy, and my very favorite......Mindy. Someday if my printer ever decides to speak to my computer again I will try to show you a picture of Mindy. She was a schnauzer-poodle mix. Katy was a Terrier-basset hound mix. People used to look at her and say "What is it?" Carolyn was german shepherd. Izzy is a boxer with some greyhound in her. I don't remember what Susie was....we didn't have her for long. When I was young we only had one dog for about 3 months. He was a boy dog, and we named him Duffy.
Katy had puppies. We don't know a thing about the daddy, but her 8 puppies were too big for her, and she had to have a C-section. Now this was a dog that my husband never liked. If the phone rang she would try to lead you to it, walking slowly right in front of you. She had one puppy at home, and then nothing else for a long time. When I took her to the vet he said she would have to have a C-section because the next 2 puppies were stuck. I borrowed the vet's phone to ask my husband about it. (This was way before cell phones.) He grudgingly said OK, so the vet delivered 7 more puppies. We named the boys, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. The girls were Daisy, Rose, Lilly, Pansy and Fern. We had a full house for awhile, and a lean pocket-book after paying for the surgery. We hadn't exactly budgeted for an event like that.
My mom lived in Florida then, and we were still in Calif. She decided 8 children were enough for any girl, and sent us a check to cover the cost of another operation for Katy. So no more puppies after that.
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