Puppies Picture: aunt val and panda

aunt val and panda
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Panda was our first dog. She was an old english sheepdog that we got as a puppy. My grandfather was part owner in the golf course across the street where we lived, and my mom would run the pro shop. She took Panda with her after we first got her. Panda was so excitable that she would pee on the floor almost every time someone came in the door. Funny for me, annoying for my mom.

Aunt Val lived next door to us. She was a friend of the family that knew my grandparents before my mom was born. She wasn't really my aunt, but that's how we knew her. She was one of my best friends growing up. We lived a little ways out of town, and when I was young the road was dirt. And we were the only kids in the neighborhood. So Aunt Val's house was my home away from home. I always loved sitting in her library room, full of old books, and playing banker or office with her old office supplies. I loved the carbon paper and the china pencils and the old order books. She always had ice cream for me and we made many trips to the neighboring town to go to the movies. She always drove a Cadillac, and I remember back when she had an 8-track player and her favorite album was the Oak Ridge Boys.

This photo is from Oct 1980 when Panda was 3 months old and I was 7. Uploaded for Nostalgia Sunday.

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Nellie Belly
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Karla and I have been talking about getting a new puppy for quite a while, and when we stumbled upon a photograph of a litter of Lhasa Apso puppies for sale on Kijiji, our minds were pretty much made up… we wanted the one with the white boots!

We drove 3.5 hours to meet the breeder (Heidi) and the puppies on a Friday evening, and everything went really well, so we picked up our new little friend the following day and headed for home.

On our journey home I happened to round the corner of an off-ramp a bit too quickly, which caused our new puppy friend to take a rather large tumble in her kennel. Karla’s first reaction to this first boo-boo was “Woah Nelly”, and from there we named her Nellie.

She has been integrating into our lives and routine with surprising ease. We already have a 10 year old Lhasa Apso (Dyna), who has been a huge help so far with the training process, much to her dismay. We were a bit worried about how Dyna would react to a new puppy, and at this point my guess is she’s neither here-nor-there. Some days she is very excited about having a friend to play with so they tug on ropes for hours at a time, and other days Dyna will have none-of-it while Nellie bites her ears and generally harasses her. It is funny to watch, and I am sure they will grow to be great friends over time.

So that’s our exciting news. Puppies are cute, this one especially… and I look forward to posting the dozens of comedic photos we have taken so far. There is also this really funny video I took of Nellie learning how to go up and down stairs, I will throw that on YouTube over the weekend.

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