Regular blog readers may remember a photo I posted a few weeks ago, showing the dogs all bunched up at the front door to Widget’s House, waiting to go inside for dinner. Well, here’s what it looks like from the other side of the door. Beth has opened the back door to Widget’s House and is letting in the crew who spend their days playing in the dog paddock on the south side of the building.
In the photo is blind Buddy looking for his crate. Buddy has progressive retinal atrophy but can still see shapes and shadows, so he navigates pretty well. The black dog in the background is a recent arrival, blind Levi, and the tan dog is blind Cedar. Behind Cedar is blind Patti, who Beth is guiding over to her crate. Still to come in the door is Travis, our character with the fused jaw. All five of these guys came from Washington state.
It just occurred to me as I’m writing this that we have the Washington contingent in one paddock and the Californians and Montanans in another. I have no idea how that happened or why!
We feed most of the dogs in their own individual crates, which gives them a private ‘den’ to enjoy while they dine. You should hear what that building sounds like once all the dogs are in their crates with their bowls, munching away! Twenty dogs going "CRUNCH-MUNCH-CRUNCH." And then, pretty soon, the building falls quiet as, one by one, they finish eating and begin falling asleep.
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