Broz Animals Pa rt 2

When our children were young, they started asking why we don't have a dog? I explained that I did not have extra time to take care of a dog, because they need attention and have special needs. That satisfied them so I thought. However on my next birthday they said," Surprise, look what we got for you. A cute little puppy." I sure was surprised as they handed me a puppy which was about 2 months old. I told them that I really did not have time to take care of it. They reassured me that they would take care of the dog if we could keep it. With that understanding, I agreed, but it would have to be an outdoor dog.

That started a flurry of all sorts of planning and shopping for dog needs. I have to admit that I did like the little puppy. So now that this dog is a member of our family, we needed a name for it. I turned to Dorothy and asked her if she would pick a name for our new addition. She came up with, "San Francisco." It wasn't long before it was shortened to, "San Dog." This was a female who was a mixed breed with brown and black coloring. She was very gentle, easily trained, and very careful around children. She was very obedient, and she learned what "no" meant very quickly. She also was basically a quiet dog with just occasionally barking usually for a reason.

Since my birthday is in July, all the children were on summer break,and the next project was to build a dog house. Now the older children were familiar with wood construction.They were able to see how it's done. This was going to be a first class dog house. There was double walls on three sides, a gable roof with green shingles. The wood siding was painted bright red, and a yellow half moon shaped sign was hung over the door with San dog's name on it "San Francisco".The floor was elevated on cement blocks and was carpeted wall to wall. When completed it was work of art. There was a heavy wire strung from the dog house to the house, so the dog leash could ride freely back and forth. San dog loved that dog house, and she stayed in it every night winter or summer. To be continued.