Willow on the run

As my sweet Willow has gotten older she is not very happy about going to the groomer. She gets very nervous and it makes me sad how unhappy it seemed to make her. So, I have started trying to just keep her coat short. Every few days we head out to the front deck and I use the clippers on her for just a few minutes(she doesn't like me doing it either).

When Willow was younger she was quite the escape artist. She has not played that game in a couple of years so I was not worried about that any longer...bad idea! When I told Willow we were done she started towards the front dog but on a dead run changed her direction and headed down the stairs and off up the dirt road. Oh dear. I of course had no shoes on but because she can no longer hear I was not about to let her out of my site.

She was a sprinter at 14. She ran about 200 yards up the road and then made a U turn into the vineyard and started back towards home. As we got near the house she took a lab around the goat and chicken pens and then started back up the road again.

I finally was able to run fast enough to get in front of her at which point she sat down and made it clear that I should carry her home.

I was quite releaved and amazed and delighted to see her at 14 have that much spunk in her.

When we got home she wanted a cookie and then took a long dog nap.

Barbara Lee
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