It's been a year or so since I've mentioned dogs on my blog. That's because it was a year ago that we lost our dearly loved Murphy - age 20 months. He was apparently born with bad kidneys, and no matter what our vets tried, we still had to let him go. It hurt too much to talk about it for a long time.
Murphy was light and love and joy and enthusiasm - all wrapped into a big furry, kissy bundle. There could never be a replacement, and there's not a day that I don't think about him and the joy he brought into our lives.
However, a house gets too quiet with just old elderly dog sleeping at your feet, so last August we adopted another puppy: Katie Baby.
Katie is part Rottie, part Great Pyrenees, and part whatever kind of shepherd dug under the fence to meet her mom. She has a voice that could raise the dead, and she raises me off my chair with it when I'm working and she hears a noise or sees movement outside the office slider.
If we're in the pickup and someone comes near, she tries to scare them to death - acting like if she could just get out that window, she'd eat them. If someone woofs back, she hides behind Mom. (She IS still a baby, you know.)
Meanwhile, she has grown up with Brodie, a friend's Golden Lab. He was 7 or 8 months old when Katie joined our family, and he used to send her head over teakettle when they played. Now... she's just a bit bigger and heavier than him, so he's met his match.
Brodie has a habit of running full tilt when he sees you and jumping up - so I always turn sideways in an attempt not to land on my backside. But a few days ago, Katie decided to put a stop to it. Every time Brodie started to jump on me, she hit him broadside. He tried it 3 or 4 times as I was walking to the shop after feeding the horse, and I wondered if it was deliberate or if she was just playing.
Last night she showed me... Brodie came running and when he got next to me, Katie sent him flying.
She does it in apparent good humor, so they're still friends.
Next question - what would she do if that was a person? I know she can intimidate the heck out of someone, and I hope that's all I ever have to find out!
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