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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
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Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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 Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 07:57:39 AM
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As you read this it may start out as a terrible event but the ending makes it an unforgettable Thanksgiving.
One Thanksgiving our whole family was enjoying a warm family get together. All 3 of us kids were home, my sister and I with our DHs and my brother home from school. DS and I were helping Mom clean up in the kitchen and Dad was visiting with the guys.
My brother looked out the front window, "Dad, do you know who's dog that is?" a female Doberman was slinking up the driveway. In a small farming community like ours, Dad knew all the neighbors for miles around and their dogs as well. He recognized the dog as belonging to a rather unsociable guy a couple of miles from home.
"She must be lost, we'll just go out and see if we can catch her and call him." Dad was always great with animals and few could resist him. This one could. She seemed very frightened and dashed into the barn, cowering in the haymow.
Dad said he'd call the owner to come get her, that she was hiding in the barn and she'd be OK there until he could get there later in the day. When he called the guy sounded angry. "She's run away so many times!"
The man drove up a few minutes later, didn't even stop by the house, jumped out of his pick-up with a rifle in his hands and stormed to the barn. We heard a shot. He got back in his truck and drove away.
Dad was in amazement." He came and shot that dog and left her in our barn!"
My younger sister was the first one out the door, running to the barn.
She found the dog alive with just a grazing wound on a shoulder. The dog growled but my sister was amazingly patient. She came back to the house, grabbed a package of hot dogs and set about the wait and coax method of first tossing the dog a piece of hot dog and gradually moving in closer. Eventually the dog, still shivering in fear let herself be touched, then petted. She seemed much calmer with a woman than a man eventually allowed herself to be coaxed into their car. They took her home and she was their devoted friend for 6 years.
Lacy was beautiful and loyal, never even thought of running away from her new loving home.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 08:05:01 AM
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Susan!!What a Happy ending! No wonder the dog ran away so many times, with such an angry owner!
Connie
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
3043 Posts
Judy
KY
USA
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Posted - Nov 21 2013 : 12:58:39 PM
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What a wonderful story!
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5079 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 3:57:15 PM
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Judy, here is the picture of your magnet, it is beautiful!!
Connie
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
KY
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 4:30:17 PM
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Oh thank you for posting it...isn't it so homey and reminisent of days gone by...I keep it up on the front of my refrigerator all Fall until Thanksgiving is over:-) :-) :-)
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Nov 22 2013 : 8:18:32 PM
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Susan, just goes to show she was smarter than her previous "owner" gave her credit for. That's a great memory--one everyone can be thankful for. An open heart and home, a place for shelter and safety. The kindness of strangers. A life well loved.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
5079 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
5079 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 06:54:20 AM
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What to Pray For
I asked for bread and got a stone;
I used the stone to grind the grain
That made the flour to form the bread
That I could not obtain.
Instead of asking Him to give
The things for which we pray,
All that we need to ask from God
Is this: show us the way.
~ James A. Bowman ~
I posted this for Ms. Judy Mills, she is having trouble posting pics. So Precious!
Connie
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
2325 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 07:29:27 AM
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Connie and Judy,
Thank you. That poem is fabulous, and a good lesson for us all.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
KY
USA
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Posted - Nov 23 2013 : 12:26:22 PM
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Thank you Ms. Connie...picture and poem are so precious:-) :-) :-)
Hugs!
Judy
THERE IS ALWAYS...ALWAYS...ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR...
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened...
"Country Girl at Heart...Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
Farm Girl #5440
Farm Girl of The Month September 2013 |
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Your Favorite Thanksgiving Memory!
