This was the scene yesterday morning, about 30 minutes after we let the dogs out. At first they run around, do their business, sniff, and wander about … then, just like clockwork on these cool fall mornings, most of them eventually head for this dog house and pile up with and on top of each other. Blind and wobbly Briggs the Beagle is lying down in the very back; you can sort of see his head below blind Willie, the other Beagle there on the left. In front is Belvie the Dachshund; in the center is blind and deaf Spencer and behind him is his sister, blind and deaf Katie, who is busy grooming Libby, our non-disabled Shepherd mix. (Katie has turned into quite the groomer.) On the right is blind Austin the Beagle.
As I stood by the back door to the dog wing taking these photos, the milling continued, and here you can see Austin decided to burrow into the pile:
We have a few other dogs in this particular yard — blind Allie the Lab, who wandered over to lie next to the shelter (she's not big on sharing her space), is one of them. But the ones you see in the dog house are the "usual suspects." They kind of remind us of the old fellas in small towns who meet every morning at the local cafe for coffee and conversation. Thank heavens dogs don't drink coffee, or I could see Alayne and me having to head out every morning with a fresh pot to keep this crew happy.
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Still 2nd place as of Thursday — and we won the $1,000 weekly winner grant for Week 2 — thank you!
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