I've posted about this once before, quite a while ago: blind Goldie's habit of patiently waiting outside for one of us to come home. It doesn't matter whether it's Alayne or me who's away from the ranch — she knows her "pack" isn't complete if one of us is missing, and she wants to stay outside, listening for the sound of the truck coming down the drive. And she knows where the gate by the road is, and that's the direction she faces. On Friday evening, I noticed her sitting by the front of the house, looking towards the gate, waiting for Alayne to get back home from New York. As usually happens, I had to insist she come in out of the cold, damp weather; when she's on "sentry duty" like this, she becomes oblivious to the weather.
Yes, she's still wearing her camouflage foam e-collar; when we removed it recently, she went right back to working on the surgery site on her leg. Oddly, she almost acted lost without her e-collar after we took it off her. She seems to actually like the confounded thing, and uses it as a personal pillow for napping whenever she chooses. Even better, it's great for blocking other dogs who may get in her way or impede her efforts to stay near Alayne (she's like Alayne's shadow). It's kind of like the shoulder pads that American football players wear, but instead of making a "crunching" sound on contact, it's more of a soft "whoosh" sound as she brushes away the other dogs.
But the only sound I heard when Goldie finally greeted Alayne that evening was "smooch!"
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