Today is my first time posting this year, and after posting twice about the girls, I realize that I've left out a bittersweet moment from the past six months. In late February we said goodbye to Simon, a model dog and the first child for Lisa and Peter. He was 14.5 years old.
We got Simon when he was just a few weeks old and had just started eating dog food. He was the runt of the litter. He had a toy monkey as big as him and slept in a little box. When we took him outside to do his doggy duty he would come sit on my foot when he finished. As he grew, this became hiding behind a bush, or at night just being really still (he knew we could not see him in the dark). He was always tough, but liked to be pampered and brushed. He was very smart and had a great memory. And we have lots of memories of him.
So now it is just Bailey as our dog and he is doing fine. He has always
been kind and loyal. One day I was walking with him down the trail near
our house and had him off the leash. Seeing a lady approaching, I called
him over and he let me put the leash back on. The lady commented on
what a nice dog he was and that she liked how he knew just what I needed
him to do. For a moment I thought of Simon and how he also knew just
what I needed to do, but he did whatever he felt like. Because he was
that kind of smart dog, and stubborn and ornery. But he was still a
model dog and Bailey's "boss dog," and we loved him.
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| Mary and Simon in July 2010 |
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| Simon with me and Peter in March 1998 |
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| Simon featured in this ad for Hallmark from my 1998 advertising campaigns class. Others in the group said we could not get a dog to hold a card, and I said, "Mine will!" |
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