Weeds & Wildflowers October Prompt/For the Love of Dogs

The Dogs of My Life

30 Dogs in 68 Years

• Tye — Collie — purchased by my father when I was about a year old
• Bobo — Toy Poodle — purchased by my father when I was a child
• Gwendolyn — Toy Poodle — purchased by my father when I was a child
• Izzie — Brown Mutt — rescued by my father from a ditch in a rainstorm when I was a teenager
• Chibbe — Manchester Terrier Mix — I adopted from a shelter — my first dog/pet as an adult
• Bear — Black Lab/German Shepherd Mix — adopted from a friend who couldn’t keep him
• Dulcie — Brindle Mutt — a pregnant stray that I rescued from the streets of Newberry, Florida
• Boone — Brindle Mutt — son of Dulcie — the only one of her 6 pups who survived
• Bridger — Black Lab/Hound Mix — a stray that appeared in my yard
• Toby — Jack Russell Mix — a stray I rescued from someone in Virginia who was getting ready to shoot him
• Moose — Black Lab Mix — adopted from friends who thought he was too rambunctious for their kids
• Davy — White Shepherd Mix — a stray I rescued from the streets of Gainesville, Florida
• Gabby — Black Lab/Hound Mix — a stray I adopted from a friend who found her on the streets of Gainesville but couldn’t keep her
• Piper — Brindle Mutt — a stray I rescued from the streets of Trenton, Florida
• Kodi — Black Lab — adopted from a friend who couldn’t keep him
• Mo — Black Lab Mix — adopted from a friend who couldn’t keep him
• Jozi — Chow Mix — adopted from friends who had an unexpected litter
• Dory — White Shepherd/Lab Mix — daughter of Mo
• Maybe — Chocolate Lab Mix — a stray I rescued from the streets of Trenton, Florida — later adopted by a neighbor
• Boo-Dawg — Rottweiler/Pit Bull Mix — adopted from a friend — mother dog killed her other puppies — Boo-Dawg was 3 weeks old and in bad shape — she fit in the palm of my hand — bottle-fed her for a month — eventually, she reached 85 pounds
• Katie — Collie — an elderly stray I rescued from the streets of Trenton, Florida
• Rags — Brindle Mutt — a stray that appeared in my yard
• Bubba — Brown Mutt — I rescued from a neighbor who abused and neglected him
• Panda — White & Black Mutt — a stray puppy that appeared in my yard — later adopted by a friend of a friend
• Macey — Chow Mix — a stray I rescued from the streets of Newberry, Florida
• Winnie — Boxer/Rottweiler/Lab Mix — a stray I rescued the streets of Madisonville, Tennessee while visiting my stepmother there
• Pooh — Boxer/Rottweiler/Lab Mix/Hound Mix — daughter of Winnie — rescued with her mother
• Chanelito — Pekingese — adopted from a relative in Miami who purchased him but couldn’t keep him
• Sophie — Poodle/Lhasa Apso Mix — adopted from a couple who were moving into a retirement home
• Syau — Lhasa Apso — adopted with Sophie

Syau is the only dog still living, and she will likely be the last dog in my life.

© Dennett 2023