Lucy the Love Bug

For those of you who aren't dog lovers, I want to share with you some of the reasons that I am. Lucy, our8 month old Lab Mix puppy, has a ministry. I am convinced it is a God-appointed ministry as well. You balk at that?  She ministers to my family daily. We call her Lucy the Love Bug because she is so loving. In the morning, she loves to come up near our heads in bed and cuddle us, acting like we were gone for years. If I am upset, she comes up to me and nuzzles up to me as if to ask me what's wrong. She's very sensitive to how we are feeling. Amazingly so for an animal in fact.

She is a great companion, loving all of us. She loves for the boys to play with her because they will run and be rough. She loves for me to play with her but she is far more gentle with me because she knows I am not rough and tumble like the boys. She loves to nap in the recliner with me too, so we have decided that I am the "Mother figure" if you will for Lucy and the boys are other puppies to her. She loves to greet Darin when he comes home from work, getting really excited that he came home. She loves to cuddle Darin at night too before we are ready to go to sleep. She is so sweet and makes us feel loved.

Her favorite thing to do by far, as I have mentioned in a previous post, is to play Frisbee. After breakfast I work at the computer for a little while, sipping coffee and slowly waking up. She comes every 10 minutes or so, sticks her wet nose into my armpit and nudges me to ask if we can play Frisbee. I try to put her off, and eventually she starts standing up and putting her paws on my shoulder to plead her case more "loudly." When I finally go out with her she gets so ecstatic! Even if I don't feel like going out there with her, she cheers me up by being so cute!

I believe God made dogs extra special and gave them a ministry to the humans who learn to appreciate them. I certainly feel that God sent us our dog Lucy and I am so thankful He did!

Lucy

It's time to tell you all about our new dog Lucy. She is now 7 months old and a real joy to our family. She is a beautiful dog and is really cute and loving. She LOVES to play Frisbee. And when I say she loves it I really mean she is obsessed with it! She will cry and whine to ask us to go in the back yard to play with her several times a day. She loves to fetch it, and can run lightning fast. I can't figure out how to teach her to catch it but it is great fun playing fetch with her none the less.

She is also an early riser, and it is not uncommon for her to wake us up at 6:30 am. This comes in handy for times when Darin forgets to turn on the alarm or when he shuts it off and goes back to sleep. She will crawl up between us and greet us in her own doggy way.

At night she loves to sleep in our room with us in our bed. We have sliding glass doors in our bedroom, and Lucy can see her reflection but can't understand the "dog in the mirror" at all. She gets freaked out and has to turn away and pretend the other dog isn't there. Again I wish I could capture that on video as it is a hoot to watch.

There is one thing that sets her apart from all other dogs, something that you would have to see for yourself to really understand. She has a kind of doggy super power. She can go boneless. Yes boneless. She is so submissive that she completely goes limp when we try to pick her up. She sometimes will slink off the couch like a snake and look like she has no bones at all. It's really funny. One day I will take a video to show all of you.

For now I have a video of Lucy playing Frisbee. We thank God for our Lucy who has brought a bit of sunshine into our lives and who loves us with every fiber of her little dog being.