“She’ll guard you for life.”
Posted at 7:33 pm | Filed Under The dogs
Molly was supposed to be Paw’s dog. Poor old Blackjack was going blind and appeared as though he had little time left. Aunt Mae picked up a black Lab puppy, soon to be known as Molly, to take Blackjack’s place.
When Paw was in the nursing home, he loved to hear about Molly. Cat offered to give Molly back to Paw when he left the nursing home. Paw refused, perhaps thinking he would not be going back home. He said, “no you keep her. She’ll guard you for life.”
This weekend there has been a stray black dog cruising around our neighborhood. It’s a beautiful dog, black with a white bib and HUGE ears. We began to call him Jackson (for no real reason other than it sounded good). Hobie’s very protective, and would bark when Jackson would come too close to the fence. Hobie is like that, and treats all visiting dogs that way.
Molly has picked up on this protectiveness, and we got to watch her put it into practice yesterday. As Jackson neared the fence, Hobie ran toward him, barking and attempting to run him away. Molly ran back and forth between Hobie and Cat, “herding” Cat away from Jackson. She would push Cat toward the house, and then run toward Hobie, apparently trying to check with him that she was doing the right thing. Once Cat was back in the house, Molly stood in front of the door, not allowing her to go back outside until Hobie had run Jackson away.
She’s gonna be a good dog.
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There’s nothing quite like the love of a good dog. He or she would willingly lay down his or her own life to protect that of his or her human, and expect no more than a loving headrub or a bowl of food and some fresh water. Their loyalty is unparalled. Seems to me that we as humans owe them no less in return.