Posted by: John Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Lyn,
What a sweet story!! It did make me laugh at the thought of Sheba
keeping her "distance"!
Patti Michaels and Cleo
Peachtree City, GA
Lyn(Ladyartista)Cook wrote:
> Posted by: "Lyn(Ladyartista)Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> All the talk about rescues brings some fond memories back.
>
> Before the hubby & I were married, we were more or less living
> in sin. haha! We are both artists, and were quite a pair of
> bohemians back then. We lived in a ramshackle, but lovable
> building that had seen past times as a grocery store, and a
> mechanics garage. It was located across the street from the
> University of NC at Greensboro. Most of the dwellings around
> the University were rented by college students. It was always
> bustling with students walking past our door on their way to
> or from class, and there were several eating places nearby.
>
> One bright morning, Eric ran into the 'studio' (as we called
> it), and said there was a Great Dane running around outside.
> He was looking for something to use as a lead, assuming he
> could catch her. This was pre-Dane days for me, so I was a
> little leary of large dogs. I rushed outside with him, and
> there was a beautiful fawn natural earred girl, very tall I
> thought >G<.
> Eric coaxed her to him, and put a rope around her neck, and we
> took her inside.
>
> We bought her a leash and collar, and I took her on long walks
> around the University. She was the first dog of her size I'd
> been around, so I had to get used to her. She would run
> circles around me as we walked, giving me strange looks, like
> "what are you doing with this string leading me around like
> this?" She wasn't affectionate towards us..tolerant was more
> the word. She never wagged her tail at us...she seemed down in
> the dumps. She would lie on the couch with us and allow us to
> pet her all we wanted. But she never returned the affection.
> We kept her for about 8 days. Eric had put notices up at the
> University about her, but no one had contacted us. One summer
> evening, we had the door propped open, but where she could not
> get out.
>
> Suddenly, after days of dragging herself around, she came to
> life instantly! Standing at the door she began going
> absolutely NUTS! wagging, whining, "talking"! jumping! A young
> man had appeared at the door with his small Beagle type dog,
> and peering into our "studio" said, "I know this dog. She
> belongs to a friend of mine, and her name is Sheba!"
>
> We asked where he lived, and wouldn't you know it? it was a
> couple of blocks from our studio..in a duplex. We told the
> guy to please tell his friend to come by and see if it was
> really his girl. Even though Sheba wasn't smitten with us, we
> liked her a lot, and had hopes that we could keep her. About
> half an hour later, a car pulled up to the curb, just outside
> the door. Sheba had not budged an inch since the young guy had
> left.
>
> She obviously recognized the car and went bezerk! Sheba's
> owner got out of his car and as he came to the door, she was
> off the floor...all four feet..jumping for joy! There was no
> mistaking this reaction ...pure JOY! She jumped on him, and
> gave his face a royal licking!! The girl was in Heaven! The
> young man thanked us, and off he and Sheba went, into the
> sunset. She never once looked back. haha!
>
> After that, we would see her occasionally in the neighborhood.
> The guy did not bother to keep her at home. She had the run of
> the University. Shortly after the reunion of Sheba and her
> owner, we got Alyce, our merle girl. Sheba helped me realize
> that I would love to have a Dane in my life permanently. One
> of the last times Sheba came to visit us in the studio, I had
> Alyce outside on a leash. Alyce was no more than 2 or 3 months
> old at that time. Sheba would run zoomies around Alyce, but
> never got close enough to me to pet her. I think she was
> afraid of being kidnapped again. >G<
>
> Lyn & Alyce (10 y/o now) and Moose
