Thursday, February 19, 2026

I Like Thursday # 492 and there's a new dog in town

 

O. M. POODLE!! We picked up Dewey on Sunday wayyyyy out in the middle of Colorado and he's now our new son!!! Hooray, 

It's been a long time coming as the song says. Milo passed over a year ago. We think we've found the sweetest boy to join our family and help us love again.  He is 20 months old, a standard poodle, very skinny at 50 lbs   and such a gentleman. 

His first mom said he may be too scared to walk, but he wants to be with us. Each day he's gotten more curious and brave and gone on smaller walks, is increasingly interested in things.

Something smells here

 

On Wed, (the 4th day with us)  he found his sniffer! He sniffed and sniffed and sniffed every tree, bush, grass blade and wanted to sniff these big boxes! 

He also got brave enough after doing the sniff test and finding a Meeeelion dogs peed on trees, he lifted a leg to try it himself, and promptly lost balance and stumbled away. (his previous owner said he wouldn't pee while wearing a leash) and he's only gone in our back yard so far. 

he discovered he could go upstairs by himself, but panicked when he didn't know how to get back down to us... he'll learn soon enough! 

He knew no words when we met. Not come, not sit, not really his name... speaking of names, we kind of want to replace (mountain Dew) with maybe Dylan... what do you think?

He is frightened, of people, noise, cars, the crate, his yard, losing sight of me... 
a bit scared of the Daddy even

scared of the pumpkin jar?

Okay with walks with Mama

anyway, he is adorable and a mama's boy and I love him

I made this waterlily to add to my round robin quilt last week... loving that!

Conversation starter of the week
what was your favorite subject in school... elementary, high school, or college... or did your favorite subject change over time? what was the teacher like? do you still have an interest in that subject?

I always loved history. I liked imagining living in other times. I read a book on time travels as a little girl, 
I also loved English and reading. I remember telling my mother I couldn't go to school because I didn't know how to read and she said, oh you're going and they will teach you no worries! In first grade we sat in a circle, and each read a paragraph of a simple book. When it got to me I was daydreaming. The teacher was cross when I said where are we, I finished it already. 



I decided to become a doctor in university. I took all the first year courses, majored in biology which also interested me, although calculus and physics not so much. But.... my real interest was in psychology by then, so I changed to that as a major and worked in field as my career. 
ps I still love history, and time travel, and archeology, and Diana Gabaldon novels.

my nature pics this time are of the ranch Dewey came from:
chooks by the hundreds

turkeys

donkeys! also a bunny, lots of dogs, and other critters. 


different from our hood, in some ways, like loud cars but we do live close to donkeys!

I'm watching figure skating from Milan but the coverage here isn't great NBC 


a few words from quiet Dewey (Dylan?) 
I love being the only dog and having all the love and pets and snuggles. I like walking, and seeing dogs along the way but going home to only our family. I love to eat, and that my pawrents feed me more than I used to get, (it's still not enough! is it ever? ) 
I think I'm going to like my toys, not yet, I don't know what to do with them yet
(editor: he picked up a ball rolled to him today) 

suggestions for names? 

please visit these folk to see what they liked this week, and school subjects they enjoyed

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