Me & Mom have had two really nice walks this week and she’s just feeling like she needs to write in my blog AGAIN this week! Sheeesh…..she’s such a yakker lately! So here goes…I’ll let her have the keyboard now….
Maggie LOVES it up to the golf course….we have been taking her up there in the Spring before the golf season starts, since she was just a baby(2000)…probably she was 6 months when she first went up there. There was still ice on the pond that day…she was loose…she walked on the ice and what I was scared of…happened, she fell thru! She was just near the edge…I freaked out and told my hubbie to go in there and get her!!!! In the meantime, Maggie just stayed put…never moved…must of been cold! He got her(it was only knee deep or a bit higher but she was only 6 months old!)…. We’ve never forgotten that day and since then steer clear of the ponds in the Spring.
Then there’s the Canadian geese that are at the golf course alot. When Maggie was a bit older…I have a picture of her sitting up there just staring at those HUGE birds…with her ears crossed in the middle of her head…yup, they stayed that way for longer than I thought…so long I was worried her ears would stay that way! That was the day she learned to also chase geese.
She loves to RUN at the golf course….wide open spaces – so much fun for her to run and stretch that greyhound-like stride out. And we have little games like tag…I tag her actually and then she tries to bomb me 🙂 And there’s painted steel markers in various places and I taught her many years ago to do her agility contact behavior of nose touching them by me telling her from a distance “go touch” and she races to the plate and nose touches and waits for me to throw her a treat…
She and I were having so much fun tonight…I was doing a few sits and downs with her…and we just stayed there for a few minutes soaking up the sun while she layed down and she showed me her belly..oh and got some well deserved treats of course… Maggie my treat monster!
So….yup, I cried during our walk…out of happiness seeing her soooo happy!!!! I didn’t realize until later, that it was also her 6 month ampuversary during that walk…what a great way to celebrate it!
And then our walk tonight, once again, I got all teary eyed for Maggie. We went on a trail that she hasn’t been on since well before last August. That hit me like a rock… She was again, soooo happy….smiling away…doing her Tripawd jog that she does with grace and style…just soaking up all the smells! It’s so easy to see Maggie’s emotions…she wears them on her sleeve….and when she’s happy….WOW…it just makes ME so happy for her!
I’m hoping to venture on other trails with her now that the snow is gone…hoping to take her a little farther each time… I just LOVE to see her so happy and enjoy the little things….the little things that count the MOST now.. After all she has been through, I just want her to enjoy herself …. because she oh so, deserves it.. She’s a good girl and deserves a better year this year than last year…
Here’s to better days ahead Mags!
Tracy
And she has been through a lot! Thank you for this grateful uplifting post, Tracy.
And what are Canadian geese doing in your neck of the woods anyways…they should be back here by now, unless they know something we don’t.
It sounds like you know how to enjoy your moments just like Maggie.
Congratulations on Maggie’s ampuversary!
Hip! Hop! Hooooorrrraaaaay! Hoppy Ampuversary Maggie.
Maggie knows how to live in the moment, enjoying even the most everyday things she’s always seen in her own backyard. It’s such a great lesson for humans isn’t it?
Now, we’ve heard of crossed eyes, but crossed ears? This we gotta see!
Keep it up Maggie, you’re a supa-star! There are many more walks and hikes ahead of you.
Oh, ya, the ears were quite amazing……..you have to post that pic!
I think everyone should try and remember, in hard times…….”Do what you like and like what you do!”
Life is just too short to not stop and enjoy the simple things…..
Huggers Mags on the Ampuversary!!!
XOXOX
Auntie G
Pawsome post! Mom had tears of joy in her eyes while reading this post! We are so happy Maggie is doing well and enjoying life! Keep enjoying the simple things!
Happy Ampuversary Maggie! Keep up the pawsitive attitude! We all need to hear about the happy times!!!
XOXO
Dillon and Rhys
how wonderful to have such a perfect day!!! congrats on your ampuversary, sounds like a wonderful place to celebrate. keep enjoying the moments!!
‘life is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.’
we are all so very lucky!!!
gayle
Oh Mags-a-Moo – you never cease to amaze us!!!!!
I see you haven’t told your mom about your ears being a part of our national security defense system. Those super sonic radar ears camouflaged as a dairy cow are what is keeping us safe from any invasions from those Canadians!
Mums the word!
(“They” won’t get it – they think a mom is a mum! Hahahahahhaha!)
Keep up the good work!
Comet -out
Yay, Maggie! Happy Ampuversary, and Happy, happy day with a walk on the golf course!!! Holly is also always interested in Canada geese and also ducks. I’m not sure what she’d do with them if they ever let her get close enough… 🙂 We’re so happy Maggie is happy! Your post brought tears to my eyes… thankful, happy ones!
Hugs,
Holly and Holly’s mom
Oh – and we’d also LOVE to see the pic with the crossed ears! Must be awesome to have such great, big ears!!
Maggie, don’t send the geese back to Canada yet. After some lovely days here, the weather turned to, um, garbage today.
Happy 6 month ampuversary Maggie!! That is so pawesome and of course you are so pawesome!!! Your mom really knows how to enjoy every moment with you. You sure are lucky to have a mom like yours…and it’s great how you make her so happy too. We all could take some lessons from you and your Mom on enjoying these moments…so keep enjoying Maggie! You so deserve it!
Happy six months Maggie!! It is so awesome to experience those things again that you thought might be lost forever.
You guys are doing it right!!
Karen and the pug girls
Hooray for Mags!
Sounds like a pawesome day! Opie used to lay in the back of the Element with the hatch up and tailgate down, all the windows open including the moon roof (is that the right name for it, Cami? I don’t know the difference between a sun and moon roof.) anyway, all the geese and ducks would be wandering around in the fields where I work and Opie would just lay there watching them. He was such a good boy. He never left his car and never chased the geese. He had to learn as a pup that he wasn’t allowed to chase the birds…Bird chasin’ dogs aren’t too welcome at a waterfowl refuge. Go figure.
I’ll bet you and Opie could watch those geese all day, no problem…I still know, however, that if a bear happened by, you would know exactly what to do, Maggie. Shhhhhhh. It’s a secret that you are really a KBD> Nancy (Opie’s mom).
That’s my doghouse vehicle of choice – an Element too 🙂 Thanks guys for all your kinds words… Maggie is my first dog… she sure is impacting me BIG time!
They surely don’t live long enough….I can’t bear the thought of her not being here with me….
Tracy, Maggie’s Mom
Hoppy Ampuversary Maggie!
So glad you are happy and showing your Mom the good times! Keep on rockin’ oh agile one!
xoxox,
Travis Ray