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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.

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