Holiday

The Seventh Day of Christmas

On the Seventh Day of Christmas, my true self gave to me, a new breed. Annie is my 7th baby, and she is an Aussie.

Annie B, Fort Doberdale’s greatest herder and most clever Dobie

Annie is very clever and has a different set of smarts than my wonderful Dobie babies have. That is true to the breed. Herding breeds, such as Annie, were meant to work with, but away from their owner. Annie is very good at figuring things out and acting on them. She is by far the most fearless dog and has a very bright mind. She’s also fuzzy and takes a little more grooming than the Dobies. According to Aussie standards, the tail of the Aussie should be removed…such as Dobies. I am very pro-tail, and Annie has one. I had been looking for a tailed Aussie and found this little gem three hours away from me. I set it up with the shelter to adopt her, so as not to take the drive in vain.

When the shelter woman showed me Annie, Annie was in an outside pen. The woman reached down and said, “She likes to pull on my watch.” That’s because Annie was bored out of her Einstein brains and that’s the only thing that came into her pen that was nearly a toy.

Annie is pretty much the boss of most, if not all, of her Doberherd. When she’s in a mood, she is not to be messed with. She has been the greatest mommy. The Doberladies do not have patience when puppies come in the house, but Annie? Annie has been pulled on, chased, and cuddled up to ad nauseum by various visiting pups. Lilian is Annie’s greatest accomplishment because she stayed and Annie grew her up from a sickly needy little pup to the dog she is now, Lilibeast, who has recovered from her recent mystery illness, by the way.

Lilibeast

Annie Bananie

Annie is without a doubt a much loved member of Fort Doberdale.

The Sixth Day of Christmas

Ollie is the Sixth Dobermann of Christmas. He’s very handsome and can be the most innocent looking of all. He has those big round brown eyes always full of expression.

Ollie

He’s a good soul, Ollie is.

The 2007 Annual Motorcycle Toy Run

On Sunday, December 09, I walked to the I-95/I-595 freeway overpass to watch the Motorcycle Toy Run. I took my camera and told myself I’d take pictures till my batteries wore out. Instead, I had to stop due to the sun burning my legs. It was hard to walk away from all these caring, giving, waving people on hogs. Usually, honking horns is cause for defense in South Florida, but the sound of horns on this day was elating. There were so many waves and smiles and people yelling at the top of their voices wishing each other happy holidays. I only wish I could have gotten a picture of everyone. What an eclectic group of warm-hearted Americans.God bless America and Her many fine citizens!

Click to see the 2007 Motorcycle Toy Run Pictures!
(Pictures and slide show will be up through the end of 2007.)