Category Archives: Dogs

Memories of a Brown Dog 2007-2021

It was with much sadness that we said goodbye to the Brown Dog.

A quick moving cancer took her from being her delightful brown dog self to a mere shadow. Her personality, “don’t look at me while I am eating” was true to the end and when she was ready, she told us it was time to go, January 11, 2021.

Arriving as a pup on October 16, 2008, She-Ra consented to keeping the two upstarts. Our veterinarian, Dr. Ruff, said the dogs were about a year old. When asked what were their names we said “Brown Dog and Yellow Dog”. That is how we had been calling them while we decided if they would stay. After a month, they knew their names and so they were, the Brown Dog and the Yellow Dog.

Through adventures of snake bites, gopher tortoise escapades, controlled burns of forest management, gardening, snow, hurricanes, boat rides, and river adventures, Brown Dog lived a full and wonderful life.

Brown Dog is survived by her pack that includes her littermate Yellow Dog, acolytes Nellie and HoneyBun and her humans and predeceased by her mentor She-Ra.

I’m hiding. Can you see me?

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It’s cool in the water in summer

She-Ra, Brown Dog, Yellow Dog

After a wallow in the pond

Garden helpers

I’ve got a snake, how about you?

A favorite view

She-Ra with her acolytes in the dirt pit

Look, I’m in the culvert

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Brown Dog says I’m going this way

Dogs in Sun

Brown Dog

Don’t look, I’m taking a bath

Boat ride in the swamp

In the swamp 2020

At the pond and at attention. Are there snakes?

She-Ra shows off her pets

dog ends

Yes, she’s a lap dog

A ride around the pond

All good dogs face forward

Good thing we have warm coats for snow

Look, I found the boat

On a log in the swamp

Culvert Delivery to the beaver dam

Brown dog on the prow with Grace and Harry

First Snake Bite. We don’t feel well. It was a moccasin nest.

I wonder if there is anything in this hole.

Brown Dog

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A bath

Garden mud wallow

Puppies

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Relaxing on the prow

Can this be comfortable Brown Dog?

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Brown Dog 2008-10-16 Arrival day

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Brown Dog in Snow

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We decided to let them stay

Garden sprinkle

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Brown Dog in the Swamp 2020

Two paths, two dogs 2020-12-04

There are two paths you can go on. Also two dogs.

Two paths, two dogs

Actually, four dogs, but the other two already ran ahead.

-jsq

What was I thinking? –Gretchen at the cane bed 2020-11-29

That’s less than half of the sugar cane on the bed when Gretchen wondered, “What was I thinking?”

Bed, covers, bedded.

Nervous Nellie thought it was great fun, running up and down the cane bed as I was digging it. The other dogs got bored and went home.

Gretchen cut almost all of the cane with her machete. (She didn’t approve of my axe.) Continue reading →

Porch dogs at night, and Yellow Dog, too 2020-10-24

Despite how it sometimes seems, the porch dogs do from time to time stop barking and just lie quietly on their beds. In this case both on the same bed, because Yellow Dog was in residence.

Yellow Dog, Honeybun, Nervous Nellie, far to near

Don’t worry, there are actually four beds, one for each dog, if they want them.

-jsq

Dogs in their beautyberry bath 2020-10-22

Cleanly, those porch dogs are. After a walk, Honeybun stuck her head under the bathwater and paddled furiously. Nervous Nellie seemed more inclined to get a drink.

Yes, that’s beautyberry, Callicarpa americana, around the dog beauty bath.

Honeybun and Nervous Nellie in the beautyberry bathtub