It was such a treat to be back in the area. Arcadia, next time go to Charleston.
Thanks to everybody who worked so hard to make this happen for us. A delightful weekend.
Petey's mama's sister had a GSD when he was an infant. The story goes, they would place Petey on a blanket & the GSD would pick him up by his diaper & put him back on the blanket if he tried to crawl off. I think her name was Patsy.
Sam, our friends' boxer, was supposed to stay on his rug by the front door while in the house. My chair was by the fireplace. Sam would creep, as quietly as he possibly could, to the fireplace side of my chair so he could put his head in my lap. I helped him all I could (and relied on him as an outside babysitter. My daughter could go in the yard all she wanted but he kept her out of the street and the driveway. He'd never seen another small child.)