Gone to the Dogs Week 4: Shadow and Norm

Gone to the Dogs Week 4: Shadow and Norm

Shadow

Hannah, Abigail, and Deborah have two dogs they would like everyone to meet. First is Shadow, the poodle/Terrier mix they adopted from the animal shelter. Shadow makes everybody laugh with her funny ways. If you hold food above her, she will dance in circles or hop like a bunny hoping that she’ll get a bite. Sometimes Shadow will sit on command, but every once in a while she gets her ends backwards and will bow down with her chin to the floor instead! She always alerts the family of any wooly boogers that might be lurking outside, including squirrels, rabbits, cats, someone riding a bike down the road, and the occasional chicken or horse out in the street. 

Shadow is very sweet and makes sure that nobody in the house is alone, making her rounds from room to room. If she hears the word “vacuum,” Shadow makes a beeline with the hopes that someone has dropped food and might need her cleaning services. Shadow hates to get her paws wet and is not impressed one bit when it rains. One of her favorite activities is a good old-fashioned belly rub.

Norm on Chair

Norm with Binkie

Norm Covered with Quilt

Their second dog is named Norm. Norm is an Australian/Sheltie mix adopted from an animal shelter as well. Norm likes to jump up on a lap and then proceed to lick the person’s face. If that doesn’t work, he might try to sit on the person’s face. Norm loves attention, and he will let a person put a blanket around him, put a doggie pacifier in his mouth, and rock him like a baby. Some of his favorite activities include running around the yard at full speed, chewing on sticks, riding in the car, eating snow, playing in the rain, and barking at people and the neighbor's dogs. He has his own love seat as a doggie bed and loves to lie on all of the furniture. He knows how to sit, stay, stand on his back feet, catch food in his mouth, and guess which hand the treat is in. No, Norm doesn’t think he’s spoiled, do you?

Then our mouth was filled with laughter,

and our tongue with shouts of joy;

then it was said among the nations,

"The Lord has done great things for them."

Psalm 126:2 NRSV