Dear Daisy

This morning I took Daisy back home. Daisy is my daughter's cocker spaniel and we have been dog-sitting.  Daisy is an elderly dog now. She is rather stiff in the mornings and likes to go back to bed for a morning nap after necessities have been taken care of.   She no long strains at the leash to be ahead of everybody but now would rather sniff around for interesting smells in the clover in the front yard.  She is good around the cats and gives them wide berth.  She no longer barks at passing trucks or cowers at thunder and lightning because she is mostly deaf and can't hear them. She still loves her grub and a nice ride in the front seat of the truck (although getting in and out of the truck is a bit dicey these days.).  She's a good companion just wanting to be around.  Good dog, Daisy, I miss you.

Post Thanksgiving Clean Up

This morning I cleaned out the refrigerator.  I made up dinners from the leftover turkey, dressing, and corn and labeled them and put them in the freezer.  I still had dressing left over so I froze a good sized container of that.  With the very last of the turkey and gravy, I mixed up one last dinner for Daisy.  (Doggies have to have Thanksgiving leftovers too.)

Now it is time to get out the Christmas stuff.

Daisy

We have a new addition to the OakMeadows family. She is an 8 year old reddish blond cocker spaniel. She is actually TSM's dog but is visiting with us for as long as she cares to stay. She has those adorable cocker spaniel liquid brown eyes. But it is the ears!! Long, curly, incredibly soft ears that won't leave you alone until you stroke them, roll them up, cover her eyes with them. Daisy seems very used to people going crazy over her ears and calmly endures the human fixation with her ears.
How are the cat/dog interactions coming along? you might ask. Well, Daisy has been browbeaten by the head cat (literally) and gives them wide berth. She is puzzled because everyone else around here seems to love her. Oh well, she says, I have other things to do than deal with cats.
She is very adaptable to new people and places. With our 4 acres, there are many interesting smells to sniff; one can stay exceedingly busy sniffing one's way around this place. JMM is really enjoying having her with him as he works around the yard. She thinks he is wonderful because he takes her to interesting smells... and because he feeds her sausage.