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This one is a picture of Colin and Penelope at our
school's annual Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis. We
hold it every October and it draws big crowd.
Here is Penelope actually receiving her blessing. She
was extremely well behaved!
It snowed like crazy here at Thanksgiving, so we took a walk to the
creek behind our house. Penelope loved the snow!!
This was our official Christmas card photo for 2007.
They all four look great!
Jon and Susie
(and the Bunch)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted April 8, 2007
Hi Steve,
Hey, well if ever
there was a case for "better late than never..."! The following are
few pictures of our Penelope...the sixth member of our family. All is
well and much, much better than we ever expected. She has been a
wonderful addition and friend here in Abilene!
Constantly underfoot, totally available....Penelope is a devoted
companion. I had just two rules when she came to live with us. Stay
off the beds. Stay off the couches. I have since adjusted. We have a
73 pound lap dog. When we are gone, she sits/sleeps on the sofa in the
front window awaiting our return. She also enjoys a good movie in the
den. And while she does sleep on her own bed at night, she takes
advantage of any available mattress space at all other times.
Especially in the mornings when she leaps up to remind us when
we oversleep by a minute or two. In addition to being a companion,
she is also a caretaker. At least twice a night she can be heard
padding around each bedroom in turn to check on the children (we think
that's just grand). She also reminds any visitors to our door she must
be reckoned with first. A gentle note of warning...then a warm
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And she has
adjusted in other ways as well. Penelope had taken to the
groomers at her vets office. Never has she been muzzled or
sedated. She WAS a "caution" dog in the beginning, given her
history, however she now spends the day at the groomer about
once a month and that label no longer applies!! A HUGE step and
change in her behavior!
All-in-all we
love and adore her and the feeling seems to be mutual. We
couldn't be happier with our OES Penelope!!
All the best,
Jon and Susie
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