All the best!

Patricia

My two dogs have gently reminded me that I haven’t told you about them. The furkids that currently share my home are Smokey, a 13 y/o chocolate lab who, I swear, is more human than canine and Cassy, a 2 y/o black lab/german shepherd mix who is the sweetest and most laid-back dog that has ever shared my life. Both are rescues and came to me when they were pups. They make me laugh every day, give me lots of love and let me know (Smokey) when it’s time to put the book down and come to bed. She’s tolerant of my reading habit but only to a certain point.

Marisa, I love Galahad, too, especially when he tries to mooch off of Roarke and Eve’s plates.

Maria, I think Boo is Beth’s cat.

Must say … Stella’s post above could have been written by me. Ha ha! I, too, was born loving animals. All kinds, though I am really a dog person most of all. But I, too, grew up in a menagerie. My childhood nights were spent in a bed crowded with dogs and cats. And me in the middle, huddled between them with a flashlight so that I could read a book. I’m so glad I grew up in an animal-loving home.

Nowadays, life circumstances only allow me one dog, but I love him sooo much. He’s a little Jack Russell, has inspired many of the small dogs in my books – all my books have dogs – and he’s my constant companion. On my chair with me as I write and he’s pressed tight against my knees when I sleep. One look in his eyes can humble me. There’s so much love in a dog’s eyes when they look at us, isn’t there? How I wish they all had someone special to look at that way, and to loved so deeply in return!!

I’d fill my home with rescues if only I could. Being limited to one, I am especially happy to be in Tails of Love. I might not be able to adopt the gazillion dogs I’d love to, but I was able to write a story and use my words to help support them. I’m so glad Lori asked me to participate.

Oh, yeah … favorite book dogs … too many to name. Every dog makes my heart swell. But if I had to choose just one, it would be Anna Campbell’s Wolfram. I loved that dog.

And I -must- mention Kate Angell’s little goat, Houdini. He’s so real to me and .. well, .. I just want him! Readers: he’ll steal your hearts for sure.

Thanks again for highlighting Tails of Love today.

Go Pets!

Then, while my son is in South Korea teaching, I’m “babysitting” his 3 cats.
Liger is a magnificent 23 lbs. and sweet as a lamb.
His brother, Gremlin (both taken from a shelter) is a spazoid who is very dependent on his “big” brother and who drops hair like Pig Pen dropped dust in the Charlie Brown cartoons. We brush them lots, but honest to God, when I get up in the morning, cat hair rolls over the hardwood floors like tumbleweeds in a desert.

Then there’s KiKi, the female and boss of the cats. She was a kitten (teeny tiny, only a few ounces) when my son found her among a litter of dead kittens, abandoned in someone’s driveway. He was delivering pizzas (working while in college) and he wrapped her in his shirt, took her home, and nursed her back to health. Now she’s this long, lean, rabbit-furrred bossy little teenager. LOL. It’s been fun having them here.

My youngest son has a dog that is part kangaroo. Rancor, those he’s small, can jump onto my kitchen counters without effort. His favorite sport is to herd the other animals when he visits. He’s the sweetest little speed-demon ever.

AND we have a ton of feral cats. We’ve managed to capture most of them to get them fixed and vaccinated. Now they use my wrap around porch as a shelter, visiting throughout the day to eat. At last count, there were 12 of them. They keep the moles down in the yard, but on occasion they also gift me with a slaughtered bird or mouse. Very yucky.

If you can’t tell, I love animals. All of them.
And I love people who love animals, so a gigantic THANK YOU to all of you!

Lori