(Dog(Dogs 9)
Scotties frequently get an itch, especially in warm weather. this is similar to an eczyma and frequently requires a trip to the vet for treatment. So it waswith Jeannie. Now it was evening, the time to get our dog back home again; so after dinner Lorin went after her. "Well, here's your dog," he said as they both came in. My dog, far from being glad to see me, walked right past me, trotted around the living room on a tour of investigation. I watched, amazed.
July 27, 2013
July 23, 2013
Determination
(Dogs 8)
Always docile, Jennie surprised me one day by showing me she had determination to solve a problem when she thought she knew best. She had had a litter of pups and they were in the utility room. Hoping to speed up the weaning, I had tied her to a chair in the living room and sat down nearby to read. A few moments later I was stunned to glance up to see her busily, silently, with no fuss at all, calmly chewing the rope in two, to regain her offspring.
Always docile, Jennie surprised me one day by showing me she had determination to solve a problem when she thought she knew best. She had had a litter of pups and they were in the utility room. Hoping to speed up the weaning, I had tied her to a chair in the living room and sat down nearby to read. A few moments later I was stunned to glance up to see her busily, silently, with no fuss at all, calmly chewing the rope in two, to regain her offspring.
July 18, 2013
Really my dog
(Dogs 7)
Jennie played with the baby and was loved by all; but she was really my dog, rarely leaving my side. If I hung clothes on the line, Jenny came in and out with me; if I sat down to read, she lay at my feet; when I lay sick on the davenport, she was tight against it.
Jennie played with the baby and was loved by all; but she was really my dog, rarely leaving my side. If I hung clothes on the line, Jenny came in and out with me; if I sat down to read, she lay at my feet; when I lay sick on the davenport, she was tight against it.
July 16, 2013
First night
(Dogs 6)
"What are you intending to do now?" asked Lorin, dreading a sleepless night before his trial in court the next day. But I was all ready for Jennie and pulled out a little box half under my bed to show him there was no cause for worry. All thru the night, whenever she would miss her mother, I'd put down my hand and pat her a bit. Then we'd sleep again. In a short time she was independent of me and ready for her basket in the kitchen.
"What are you intending to do now?" asked Lorin, dreading a sleepless night before his trial in court the next day. But I was all ready for Jennie and pulled out a little box half under my bed to show him there was no cause for worry. All thru the night, whenever she would miss her mother, I'd put down my hand and pat her a bit. Then we'd sleep again. In a short time she was independent of me and ready for her basket in the kitchen.
July 14, 2013
Arrival from KC
(Dogs 6)
All four of us [Ruth and the Kays] went to the station to meet the train and get the dogs. We let them out on the Court House Lawn and they ran around like crazy, never stopping, wild with joy, tumbling with freedom. It was evening, and I was worried for fear they would in their delight tear into the street, but they knew the grass was safer, and soon we gathered them up and went off home with our pets.
All four of us [Ruth and the Kays] went to the station to meet the train and get the dogs. We let them out on the Court House Lawn and they ran around like crazy, never stopping, wild with joy, tumbling with freedom. It was evening, and I was worried for fear they would in their delight tear into the street, but they knew the grass was safer, and soon we gathered them up and went off home with our pets.
July 13, 2013
Jennie
(Dogs 4)
At this time a friend of mine [Ruth Pilger] in Milwaukee had married a man from Kansas [Doyle], and his bitch, a Scottish Terrier, had just had a pretty nice litter of pups. So we bought one of those and decided that when he send for Midge, one of her pups should make the train journey with her in her box.
At this time a friend of mine [Ruth Pilger] in Milwaukee had married a man from Kansas [Doyle], and his bitch, a Scottish Terrier, had just had a pretty nice litter of pups. So we bought one of those and decided that when he send for Midge, one of her pups should make the train journey with her in her box.
July 11, 2013
Dog time
(Dogs 3)
After I had an education, a husband, a son, a cat and a house, I began thinking how nice it would be to have a little dog too. At length we caught up with the Depression far enough to decide we could afford one.
After I had an education, a husband, a son, a cat and a house, I began thinking how nice it would be to have a little dog too. At length we caught up with the Depression far enough to decide we could afford one.
July 9, 2013
Yard dog
(Dogs 2)
I'm afraid I remember little else about Cricket, except for his one outstanding accomplishment, he would never leave the yard. Passersby, intrigued by such a small specimen, could coax all they cared to with cameras ready, but Cricket would simply stare thru the fence.
I'm afraid I remember little else about Cricket, except for his one outstanding accomplishment, he would never leave the yard. Passersby, intrigued by such a small specimen, could coax all they cared to with cameras ready, but Cricket would simply stare thru the fence.
July 7, 2013
Cricket
(1911?)
Last night [in 1980] when I had counted quite enough sheep, I got to thinking about the dogs in my life. First of all I can remember coming home from school one afternoon and finding my mother sitting down, laughing, and holding her apron down on all three sides as well as she could, trying to keep something underneath, someone who, trying to escape, was making quite a lively job of it, squirming, fighting. "Guess! Guess!" ske kept saying. But I could only stand there staring, until finally she let him out and I took him to my heart. This was Cricket, a small Black & Tan Terrier.
Last night [in 1980] when I had counted quite enough sheep, I got to thinking about the dogs in my life. First of all I can remember coming home from school one afternoon and finding my mother sitting down, laughing, and holding her apron down on all three sides as well as she could, trying to keep something underneath, someone who, trying to escape, was making quite a lively job of it, squirming, fighting. "Guess! Guess!" ske kept saying. But I could only stand there staring, until finally she let him out and I took him to my heart. This was Cricket, a small Black & Tan Terrier.
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