No D.O.G. Left Behind…

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“Colorful Poodle” Dog Art

Mixed Media Collage Painting

Sharon Cummings

2015

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Me and my family are the loving caretakers to a white standard poodle named Lucy. She is a rescue, but she was a hard sell because she came to us 10 years ago mostly blind and horribly un-socialized with people and other dogs.  She did not understand “petting” or “playing”.  She would stiffen up at the touch of your hand and crane her head away. She would growl if any of our other dogs even sniffed her.  She has never been aggressive, but it took many years to get her anywhere near normal dog behavior.  We thought about giving her back to rescue at one point.  She just didn’t seem to be responding to us.  Then we got Toby, our yellow lab, and slowly and cautiously he brought her out of her shell.  For the first time, she actually played with another dog. It was only for short bursts, but it was real play.  He would try to snuggle up close to her and over time, she started to allow it.  She watched as we would scratch and love on him and soon enough she decided she wanted some of that too.  Nowadays she is about 90% normal dogiewize and we love her dearly.  I had to do a tribute to this great breed!

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Our Lucy

 

 

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A Dog’s Life

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This is Toby…our naughty dog.  He is the sweetest boy you could imagine with lots of kisses and snuggles.  But when you aren’t looking he will have some fun. 🙂  I love dogs and have always had them in my life.  I cannot imagine living in a home without them. Perhaps that is what hell is like…no dogs.  We recently got a new girl….a rescued Mastiff. We sort of swore off the large breeds because their life expectancy is so low, but caved when we realized how empty our home is without one.  The big dogs are special and laying across their warm bodies and receiving love is like no other feeling.

Here is where my pack spends a lot of their time.  Throughout the day when I take breaks I lay around with them on their beds for petting and kisses.  They say it is healthy and lowers blood pressure.  I say it just keeps me sane. 🙂

 

You can see my dog art here:

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