i must say there is nothing quite like a house full of people and dogs at christmas. this year we made a new dog friend named george—george belongs to megan—and james brought along harper and we all nestled under one roof for several cozy, relaxing days after christmas; george and his crew traveled by car from texas to maine. together with lille and lizzi, the dogs provided great entertainment, a touch of drama, and lots of laughter. [click on the images to enlarge.]
george is a 20 pound who-the-heck-knows-what-kind of dog breed. on boxing day we went to denny's house and took a long walk in the beautiful snow-covered forest with 3 of our 4 dogs in residence plus ollie, luc and addie (we were sad that the only one of the lab siblings not present was montana)—6 humans, 6 dogs. george was seriously outnumbered by the labrador gang, but being surrounded by the big dogs didn't phase him in the least.
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| the labrador gang |
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| georgie porgie puddin' pie |
guess who led the pack of labradors most of the time? george. guess who had the littlest, stumpiest, sturdiest, most reliable legs that hastily carried him once again to the front of the troop of humans and canines if he happened to lag behind for a second to sniff the forest's tantalizing smells and lift a hind leg to mark the spot? george.
and his rather murky past? george is a scrappy survivor from the mean streets of texas city. one day around his fourth year of life, abandoned and unwanted, he was scooped up from those streets by the dog-catcher (a.k.a. the canine control officer) and placed on doggie death row where the date he was due to be euthanized was quickly approaching. but then—phew.... just in time—in walks megan, and it could be said that on the day megan arrived george's life finally began in ernest.
george is truly a great little dog—calm, quiet (unlike some of the labs!), well-behaved, and oh-so-loyal.
all's well that ends well, georgie boy.
and so we go on to celebrate a brand new year for you and for the rest of us, george.
happy new year, my dears!
image credit: the labrador gang. christina wnek
2 comments:
We all miss it there already! Thank you so much for housing us! It will be so much fun to have you here in March. I hope you're having fun in Florida.
P.S. I love your blog...I got totally sucked in and forgot that I was supposed to be working on other things.
-megan
hey megan- thanks for commenting. it was great having you all here. miss you guys. texas here we come! -mignon
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