In case you
haven’t noticed, I love to write about animals, especially dogs! For one thing, they’re lovable. For another, they’re family. And in addition, they’ve also got
personalities, and life stories, and interactions with people that can all be
put into fictional versions in interesting ways.
Yesterday I
got to Skype with my son, d-i-l, and two baby grandsons--as well as their
adorable dog Piper. Piper’s been part of
the family longer than the babies, and she is taking their presence amazingly well, even with the older of the two dashing after her in his
walker! I hope I figure out a way to use
that in a story someday.
Then
there’s the situation that my blog sister Betty had, where her family, after
pondering it for a while, had set out to adopt a couple of dogs. Unfortunately, neither worked out because of
some of the dogs’ background issues. I
feel for the whole family. The
anticipation of adding a new member had to have been exciting, and then...
nothing. Hugs to all of you.
And of
course I have to mention my own Cavaliers, Lexie and Mystie. Kendra Ballantyne, the protagonist of my
Pet-Sitter Mystery series, lived in the Hollywood Hills, as I do, was a lawyer,
as I’ve been, and also had a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Lexie. But my Lexie and her Lexie didn’t act quite
the same. Hers was well trained. My Lexie, and my Mystie, too, have trained me
well. I react to their bark and call and
am often quite obedient. I haven’t tried
using that angle in a story but might someday...
Then there
is my volunteer work at Pet Orphans of Southern California. It’s a wonderful shelter where dogs are
rescued and find new homes. I’m a dog
adoption counselor there and love it when I get to introduce a visitor to a dog
who soon joins his or her family. My
volunteering there has been a great inspiration as well as research source for
my Pet Rescue Mysteries.
How about you--what’s your dog story, and would you like to see it included in a book?
2 comments:
It's great that your son's dog is taking to the kids so well. When my son was born we had three dogs and two cats, all of whom we'd had for years. I was worried, but it ended up working out fine. One of the dogs really loved my son because he would share his ice cream with her.
When our sons were born we had Cavaliers (surprise!) and I had no concern about how they'd be around babies. The dog we had at the time our older son started sitting in a high chair especially loved him since he would throw her peas!
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