What happened to that quiet scared little puppy that wouldn't even come out of her cage? Now, Lela is anywhere BUT in her cage! This dog, I don't know what to do with her! She has learned to jump a 6 foot fence - there just is no keeping her in. Thankfully, when we call her, she usually comes home. And if we have to go looking for her, if she sees the car she will follow us home. We just can't seem to keep her in - she loves her freedom, I guess! She comes home and jumps back in and prances around all proud of herself. Then there was the day she brought home some road kill - yuck - I have no idea what it once was!! We have decided to get one of those fences and a shock collar to teach her her boundaries. (I know, I know - sounds so cruel! In my defense, it gives TWO warnings before it will zap her!) Problem is, the weather has just been so nasty out, we haven't braved it to install the fence. We may just have to buckle down and do it - I fear someday she will get out and never come back. Maybe Lela was meant to live in the country - where she can roam freely. Maybe someday we will live in the country and she can. But we just can't bear the thought of giving her to someone else - she is too much a part of our lives now. I love how she peeks at us out the hole in the fence when we come and go. And how when we get home she runs to the back door and waits and if we don't come out right away she has the silliest little sound she makes that is somewhere between a growl and a whine! I love watching Lela and Joe play chase! Oh, what am I gonna do with you, Lela-dog?!
Wow! She is huge! Isn't it funny how we can get so attached to a silly dog? I don't know what we'd do without Cummins.
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