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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Thanks, But She's Not Lucky
First, I want to thank those that posted suggestions for the name of the
female dog. Lucky was by far the most suggested name. Sorry, but we
won't be naming the dog Lucky. I should have mentioned that fact before
I asked for suggestions. The reason we won't be using Lucky is...
When
I was about 8 years old I went to the lake with my Aunt Rose and Uncle
Leo. We were boating and pulled the boat over to the bank to have a
picnic lunch. While we were eating a little dog came in the area and it
looked kind of bad. Like no one was feeding it or taking care of it. We
fed the dog and my Uncle said we could take it home with us. I kept the
dog at our house and named it Lucky. Lucky we had found it, lucky it had
a home now, just Lucky. It wasn't very old and Mom, Dad and I worked
with it to train it to go outside to potty. After about 3 weeks the dog
was becoming house broke. One day, I let Lucky out and went back to my
room for a couple of minutes, then went back to let the dog back inside.
I saw Lucky had crossed the town street, so I went after him. I went
across the street, spanked his butt once and told him to get home. He
headed across the street and was immediately hit by a car. Dead, no
questions about it. I had just sent the little dog to it's death. I
spent the next month crying in the basement about the stupid thing I had
done. I've never forgotten that mistake and ever since, I have never
sent any animal across a street and I have cautioned everyone else to
never do it. So, for that reason, this dog won't be named Lucky.
Stacey
came up with the name we will use, if the dog stays around the farm. She
mentioned that our last dog was Cooter, named after a character from the
TV show, "The Dukes of Hazard" and that we should continue with those
characters' names, so the dog's name should be Daisy. I liked that idea
and so did Linda. That was Catherine Bach's character on the TV show.
Now, we just hope that Daisy will stay around the farm. Stacey and I
went to the barn around noon and checked on Daisy, she was drinking
water and doing OK. We went to Columbia and ate at Wendy's and I picked
up a couple burgers for Missy and Daisy. We went back to the farm and
did a few odd jobs and as I went in and out of the house I checked the
thermometer on the wall on the back porch. It read TOO HOT!
Yep,
that's 101 degrees in the shade and on a sheltered porch wall. I walked
down to the barn and checked on Daisy again. She was OK. When Linda came
home, we took the hamburger down to the barn and Linda fed it to her.
She ate it all, then drank the water from the bowl. It looks like she's
going to eat and drink, so maybe she will gain a little weight.