Wednesday, September 2, 2009

 

Dirt Devil?

In my lifetime I have had my share of dog companions. The one that I hold closest to my heart would be Thor. His picture is on the main page of my web site. He had a hard start in life. When he was 6 months old he was hit by a vehicle and the impact broke his humerus in one leg and snapped the ball joint of his other leg in half. He ended up with lots of screws and a metal plate. He started going to the dog grooming shop with me after that. He was considered the greeter at the shop.

When he was about 4 years old he was chasing the horse and got kicked. When the humerus was broken again a longer metal plate replaced the first one. Despite all this, he lead a very healthy life. And Thor was full of life, a real character. He lived to be 17 years old. His favorite place was in the back of my truck on an adventure. That is where I had the doctor give him the shot. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. But he was ready and seemed relieved. He just lay his head in my lap and fell asleep. I buried him near the garden.

Many months passed. One day I decided that it's time to make a beautiful memorial to fool around his grave, was to build something lasting. A friend had given me about 6 bags of mulched leaves and I planned to protect them in my garden and on the grave's gates, about the flowers that I was planning on plants. So my 4-year-old daughter and I built a stone and wooden planters. At the lowest level, we planted purple irises, day lilies, gladioli andother plants. At the top level, we planted a red rose bush. It turned out beautiful. My daughter and I then emptied the leaves in the garden and put some in the planter.

It was a beautiful day. About 70 degrees and no wind, just below the middle of breeze. Where we live we are vulnerable to wind, so this was a welcome change. My daughter and I got out of the garden and saw our work. We had done a good job in honor of our beloved Thor. Just then, out of nowhere, the devil a dirtSo she turned and lifted the leaves around 10 feet high for about 5 seconds. Round and round it flew. The Dirt Devil, then dragged her a short distance and ended. Now you can imagine, inspire my daughters. They just stood there in awe of such an amazing thing. Then the excitement explodes out of her. She was cackling at a 100 miles per hour. "What was that?" I want to see another. Can I have a different mother? ". So of course I came in the excitement and explains what a Dirt Devilwas. If you look at the general idea she wanted another. And I can tell you that a 4 years old can be unforgiving. Well, I started to explain to her that the chances of another Dirt Devil at the same place were enormous. Bigger, that as far as they could see to try so that it could be understood in relation to it. "You just have to keep your eyes open and look for them and you can see another one," I said. When I finished this sentence, from which nothing came, another dirt devil, took the leavesand it flew over 100 feet into the air and into the field beside our house. Well shut my mouth! For it was wide open at this point. As hard as I tried, I could not explain that one.



Katherine Dürr has a professional Dog Groomer for over 17 years and is the author of "How to Groom your Mutt". Visit her website at Doggie Dews

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