Lillie and Jojo

This is Lillie with her best doggy friend Jojo. Jojo is my next door neighbor's youngest Cocker Spaniel and Lillie's "live" chew toy. They play almost every day and sometimes get to play more than that.

Lillie

I have had so much fun with Lillie. Today we went next door so she could play with the neighbor's dogs. I have got to get a video camera and tape them all playing. It really is entertaining. I am so happy to have learned about Animoto from 23 Things Kansas. I have made lots of "videos" from my pictures. Here is one of Lillie. When I first saw her I fell in love with her ears. We say they look a little like the flying nun.

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Lillie's first birthday

On April 6 Lillie turned one year old! It is hard to believe that I got her just over six months ago. I sent her "foster mom" an email just to let her know how Lillie and I were doing. She was really happy to hear from me and said how she had wondered how Lillie was doing. She also told me that if I went to the ABRGA website I could see Lillie on the Love Stories section. Not only did I find Lillie's baby picture but I also found her siblings. I was so happy that she showed this to. She also told me she was "fostering" her sixth dog! It takes a very special person who can do this. If you are interested in viewing this web site here it is "http://www.abgra.org". This is a picture of Lillie just after I brought her home.

Lillie, part dog part goat

Lillie will be turning one next week. She sure has been a lot of fun since I got her. Now, don't get me wrong, she is not perfect. Lillie wants to play at night when I want to sleep. I taught her how to play fetch a few months ago. She loves it so much that she has become obsessed about it. If I sit down to watch TV, talk on the phone, use the computer, or even eat there she is with one of her toys wanting me to throw it for her. Lillie can now catch it in the air which is a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only I can teach her how to sit again!
Now here comes the part about being part goat. Just this weekend she ate one of my memory cards for my camera. I sat down at the computer to download the pictures I had taken the night before off of one card and had placed the other card on the desk to download some pictures off of it next. I guess when I sat my camera down I knocked the card off of the desk and Lillie snatched it up. She had been chewing on a rawhide so I didn't think much about the noise she was making. I found most of the card but not all of it. I think she ate the rest of it. The next day she found a ink cartridge. It was one with black ink in it. Our carpet is off white. Good thing the cartridge was empty and she was caught before she did much damage.
You can say she keeps me busy!

Puppies

My next door neighbor lost one of her 3 dogs a couple of months ago. Monkey was her name and she had gotten very sick. I really felt sorry for my neighbor since I had just gone through the same thing this summer. Last month I get an email from her telling me about a dog she saw in the paper that was out at the local Humane Society. I quickly told her that if she wanted me to that I would go with her to see the puppy. We went that Saturday and saw the puppy. My neighbor quickly put in an application and a few days latter she had been approved. I again went with her the next weekend to take her two remaining dogs to meet the puppy. They all got along so we left with the new puppy in tow. His name is JoJo and he is just over a year old. Since this has happened I have taken my puppy over almost every day so they can play. JoJo is about 3 times bigger than Lillie but she doesn't let him get the best of her. They chase each other around the yard. When they get tired of that they will wrestle with each other. Lillie has actually flipped JoJo over and stood on him. Boy did he look surprised! Since it has been cold we will move in her house when we think the puppies have gotten worn out. Most of the time it's really been because we are cold. This is usually a mistake. JoJo and Lillie seem to get their second wing and will chase each other around the house and jump all over the furniture. It is amazing how laid back my neighbor is, she just laughs and tells me how entertaining she finds them. Now that spring is getting closer I predict that Lillie will be spending more and more time over there. My neighbor's backyard is bigger than mine so they have more room to run and play!