The Torch Is Passed

Maggie, our fifteen year old Cocker Spaniel, passed away at the end of February. That was a tough time for us. Misu (17) and Sandy (6) are still around but I think they missed her too. All of our dogs have been family bred and raised puppies. We came across a family that had a litter of puppies so we went to check them out. The first born was a little cutie that looked a lot like Maggie, so we used her namesake and took home Maggie May.

We bought her a new crate and Beneful Puppy Formula to get her started. I was a little worried about her first night (from past experience), but she did great. We had a blanket with her litter scent but she wanted to sleep on my mowing sweatshirt. She also wanted the "big dog" food, so we went with the flow. Mags got along fine with the other dogs and she was good in the Jeep.

Maggie is truely a people dog! She loves to lay on or against our feet or follow us from room to room. Her personality is very much like the first Maggie. She is the light buff puppy in the pictures below. These were her one month photos.

Nice April!

Spring has been good to us this year. We've been down to the lake three times this month, but we've gotten into a sun-during-the-week-rain-on-the-weekend pattern. A lot of our attention this month has gone to completing some much overdue projects at home. Painting, new doors, yard/garden work has kept us busy. We are ready to "shift gears" whenever the weather does.