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Cindy, Lacey is my sister's and nephew's favorite, too! She's so very sweet and cuddly ~ with people, anyway; she can be a bit of a spitfire when playing with her sisters! She's the one on the bottom of the pack ranking, though. She's always a happy & smiling little girl.
Possum is *very* bossy, especially with the other dogs but sometimes tries with me, too! And territorial ~ she's the one who patrols the perimeter all the time, with Lacey following right behind and actually doing most of the woofing. She got her name because when she was born she had an all silvery-white face with a little pink nose and we joked about her looking like a baby possum... and she can be a love-bug when she wants to.
Zoey is the one who really made me believe in reincarnation. From lots of things I've read and watched in documentaries, I already pretty much did; but I think I experienced it with Zoey. Not as noticeably since she's been grown-up, but when she was a puppy, I swear to God she already knew me and had been here before. She did everything so much earlier than her littermates, already knew her way around the house, and would stare into my eyes for the longest time like she was glad to be back. She pretty much sticks to me like a little magnet.
ALL the girls pretty much worship their 'Grandpa'. They have a huge play-yard within our even huger back yard, so they can't get right up to the fences against the neighbor's properties. 'Grandpa' can't do yard work in certain parts of the yard when the girls are in their play-yard, because they just go nuts for him. Even if he comes in before they go out, they *know* he's been there, and get all excited sniffing through the fence. Dad really does like the dogs, but always does his curmudgeon act.
I also have Luke, (blue) their father, (I just realized that reminds me of Star Wars!) who just turned 14; and their brothers Jack (blue) & Sawyer (tri)... they were born and named when 'Lost' was on, and I was a *so* into that. Their Momma Dog, Madilyn, sadly died a month before her 11th birthday when she got a sinus/nose tumor that spread to her brain.
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