Cry Tears
03-25-2007, 05:47 PM
Our dog "Rusketts" part German Shepard/collie mix....was the best dog we ever had...
least thats the way we felt about him when he was alive.
He was always an outside dog.
Do any of you remember the Christmas story I wrote about him? I wrote it around Christmas...
but can't remember if it was this last year I wrote it, or if it was on old BT before the "big crash".
If any of you want to read that funny story again...let me know and I'll rewrite it. Its about when he ate the entire ginger bread display.
But for now I'll just tell about the first time Rusketts spent the night inside.
Our 9 year old son loved African type animals...so he had pillows and stuffed animals of Lions, monkeys, giraffes.
His favorite was a monkey called "Eee-bie"...was usually tucked into bed every night...beside his white dolphin (secretly his favorite) that went everywhere he went including summer camp...it was well hidden in his sleeping bag. Our son was very, very tender hearted and always loved animals.
I was a meticulous housekeeper, so animals inside our home was not something I allowed. Besides, Rusketts had very long hair and we lived in San Diego where the temperatures were usually mild, even in winter.
So my son bad to do a lot of begging until I relented and allowed Rusketts to sleep in his room.
We were awakened by my sons desperate sobs around sunrise.
We went running to his room and found every single stuffed animal missing their faces. Rusketts had managed to chew off every single face and didn't touch them anywhere else.
My son was a little spoiled and I had never hit or spanked him....so he in turn didnt hit anyone or anything...but he was threatening to give Rusketts a well deserved "spanking"...he asked me to spank Rusketts for him....too funny!
I told my son I'd give him a long time out....outside!
I spent a month repairing all the damage done that night.
My son is 37 years old now...has a daughter of his own...he still has his "babies" stored in his attic! Talk about sentimental!
Rusketts lived another 14 years after that.
Blessings, cheryl
least thats the way we felt about him when he was alive.
He was always an outside dog.
Do any of you remember the Christmas story I wrote about him? I wrote it around Christmas...
but can't remember if it was this last year I wrote it, or if it was on old BT before the "big crash".
If any of you want to read that funny story again...let me know and I'll rewrite it. Its about when he ate the entire ginger bread display.
But for now I'll just tell about the first time Rusketts spent the night inside.
Our 9 year old son loved African type animals...so he had pillows and stuffed animals of Lions, monkeys, giraffes.
His favorite was a monkey called "Eee-bie"...was usually tucked into bed every night...beside his white dolphin (secretly his favorite) that went everywhere he went including summer camp...it was well hidden in his sleeping bag. Our son was very, very tender hearted and always loved animals.
I was a meticulous housekeeper, so animals inside our home was not something I allowed. Besides, Rusketts had very long hair and we lived in San Diego where the temperatures were usually mild, even in winter.
So my son bad to do a lot of begging until I relented and allowed Rusketts to sleep in his room.
We were awakened by my sons desperate sobs around sunrise.
We went running to his room and found every single stuffed animal missing their faces. Rusketts had managed to chew off every single face and didn't touch them anywhere else.
My son was a little spoiled and I had never hit or spanked him....so he in turn didnt hit anyone or anything...but he was threatening to give Rusketts a well deserved "spanking"...he asked me to spank Rusketts for him....too funny!
I told my son I'd give him a long time out....outside!
I spent a month repairing all the damage done that night.
My son is 37 years old now...has a daughter of his own...he still has his "babies" stored in his attic! Talk about sentimental!
Rusketts lived another 14 years after that.
Blessings, cheryl