THE REUNION AND THE STORY WITH LIMMIE

Back home ..... she loves to play with tennis balls

She just had to be on Fred's lap or under someone's feet all night.

A little blurry but Daddy is getting lot's of doggy kisses.

I'm home and never want to go to the cement house again. Cold and lonely.

Like I said she has to be on Fred. Poor K gets jumped on like she's another dog and Limmie is attracted to her. Funny but not funny.


SWEET REUNION STORY:

Fred and Limmie had been hanging out together for most of Friday afternoon. She had been tethered for some of the time due to her young age and not being fully trained to stay put. I believe Fred had taken her with him in and out of the house while he was fixing a bicycle. I get this part mixed up...he let go of her leash and had his back turned or he went in the house for a brief moment. Usually she would just go in the back or play in the trees. This time she took off. She hadn't been gone too long when Fred had gotten on his bike and went looking for her (time she left was at 4:00 pm.. we later learned that she had been picked up at 4 45 pm). No luck. As you may have read in an earlier post we were upset. IT has been a big learning experience and we have not done the best to be patient with her. However, not seeing her in the house or hearing her little feet cross the floor was very sad. She has become part of our lives and we missed her very much. Fred went door to door asking if people had seen her. WE even put a large sign in our big windows asking if people had seen our beagle. On Saturday, while at a wedding reception, our neighbors the Humes, who knew Limmie had mentioned that they had seen animal control in the area on Friday. Fred became very hopeful that she had been picked up by them. I was still a little skeptical that she had been stolen as we had had two golden retrievers that had been stolen a few years back. We called animal control and the sheriff's department but they were of no help and due to the holiday weekend we had to wait until today, Tuesday to check to see if she was there. Apparently the reunion between Dog and Man was very sweet. Fred paid the fees...not cheap but worth it and headed out the door, Miss Limmie was so determined to get out of the cement house she nearly pulled him all the way to the car. In the car she had to be next to him and he says she just kept kissing him. Meanwhile, Little K was sick and I went and picked her up at school. We couldn't reach Fred so as we got home we could see little doggy prints in the snow and I couldn't get the door opened fast enough. There she was in her kennel, acting scared. WE immediately got her out (Fred had gone back to work) and played with her for a while. WE've noticed that she has a cough, so if it doesn't get better we are going to take her to the vet. She's been pretty quiet and wants to be with Fred most of all. We are going to be more patient with her. I tutor a student and usually she howls when someone is over, but she didn't today. I started to play the piano and she joined in by howling and singing along. That was way funny. She is resting and I'm sure will be up to her old tricks in record time. One bad habit....she jumps on my leather couch and didn't before. Got to watch that!! So that's our story.