Beth's not writing a blog entry today. She's too entranced with everyone's pet stories in the comments section of yesterday's post regarding my trouble-making adopted sister, Cheyenne. I'm impressed too. Please add more tales!

Bless pet lovers everywhere! ~Billie 

I miss Billie!

Remember when we visited the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy? What a humbling moment.

Billie misses you too, C!

Oh, yes. I remember that part of our Italy trip. I remember feeling very overwhelmed. St. Francis of Assisi, lover of all creation, champion of justice, patron saint of animals. I'm not Catholic. I don't practice any one religion, but I do think of myself as spiritual. And that was a very spiritual place!

Hi Billie! Hmm. More pet stories. Let's see... well, the dog I mentioned yesterday that was given to us was a great two-year-old poodle/terrier mix. We'd gone to California (from Missouri) on vacaton and one stop was a visit to a cousin in Anaheim. He & his wife had taken in Pinky because her owners couldn't keep her. The cousins couldn't keep her either, but were willing to find her a home so she wouldn't have to go to the shelter. We were the first s/u/c/k/e/r/s possible future family to come along. My parents kept saying we couldn't take a dog back home with us that far. The cousins kept insisting we could. The day we got up to leave, Pinky's food bowl, food, and leash were waiting at the door. LOL! Needless to say, she went home with us. She was the best dog ever. But the funniest thing about her? When we got her, she didn't know how to bark! As we drove through New Mexico, she saw horses for the first time and this funny sound came out of her mouth. Took us awhile to realize she was trying to bark. ROFL! She eventually did get the hang of it, though.

I love reading and sharing pet stories. Instead of talking about Moe this time, let me talk about Bailey -- the dog I had before Moe. Bailey came into my life one September evening in 1984, outside of the famous Stone Pony rock club in Asbury Park. Friends had found him rummaging through the garbage cans outside their apartment building. He obviously needed help. He was so starved you could count his ribs. He'd scratched so much from stress and fleas that he was bald in patches on his hips. The poor dog cowered at every loud noise. Their apartment building super wouldn't permit them to keep him even overnight, so they came looking for someone to take him in. I took one look at this poor, starved Irish Setter and lost my heart. First I said I'd take him for the night and then find a shelter. (At the time, I lived in an apartment building and didn't think it was fair for a dog to be left all day long.) The next day, the shelters told me that if nobody adopted him in a week, he'd be euthanized. So then, I resolved to keep him until I could get him healthy. I should have known right away that we were meant to be. A sweeter dog never lived than my Bailey. For the first year, he followed me from room to room, afraid, I think, that he would be abandoned again. Beth, like you with Cheyenne, Bailey showed all the signs of having been abused by previous owners. I feel like some sort of universe force brought us together. We were meant to be family. He lived a good ten years before succumbing to illness on NY Eve, 1994.

Tori, I adore that story about Pinky! How lucky for her that you were suckers! How funny that she didn't know how to bark. When we first Cheyenne home, Steve had to teach her how to climb the stairs!

Mary, my heart just swelled reading about you and your beloved Bailey. He's sounds so sweet and gentle. And I bet he was beautiful. I'm sorry I didn't get to meet him. I can well imagine you two were meant to be!

Billie, you sound like a great dog too! And I bet you are so happy that you are in your forever home.

I thought of a quote you might like, Billie. After our much-loved Golden, Nugget, died (at age 13 of heart problems) we knew we wanted to give a shelter dog a home. I surfed different web sites for nearby shelters. On one of them--I can't remember which one--I saw a great quote, which has stayed with me (we've had Sable for 2 1/2 years now!). Here it is: "You can't change the world by adopting one dog. But for that one dog, the whole world will change."

Roni, I LOVE that quote. Thank you for sharing. And hugs to Sable!

You have such cute pets!

Your journal is interesting.
" Have a nice day na ja! Miss U "
Bye
Bela


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