Coffee, Lucy and Cocoa Puff

Well, it must truly be Springtime! sittin' out back drinkin' coffee and watching Lucy the Wonderdog play with her new friend... Cocoa Puff.

Yeah, we are one of those families now... with two dogs.

Lucy the Wonderdog is, of course, a full-blooded and registered Bassett Hound and Cocoa Puff (so named because her mother is 'Cocoa' and, well, you know, this being Arkansas...you do the math!) is a mutt. Her momma (the afore-mentioned Cocoa, because - yep - of her color) was a long-haired miniature Dachshund, and her daddy was - apparently - some sort of Terrier... a nefarious ne'er-do-well, no doubt! anyhow, the little dog is the same age as Lucy the Wonderdog, and about 1/4 her size... she is a little 10-pound bundle of energetic muttness!

I believe Lucy knows the difference. I think she is quite sure that her station is a bit higher than "the puff's"... she sorta struts around a little while her new 'sis' bounds along nipping at her immense hangy-down jowls... and at first Lucy the Wonderdog tried to ignore her. That lasted about 20 minutes.

Then all barriers dissolved and Lucy discovered that Cocoa Puff's back legs are the exact perfect size to fit in her big bassett mouth! so she chases the puff around biting at her rear legs and Cocoa - though she can outrun her easily - allows it for a while, then turns and latches on to Lucy's jowls with her vice-grip-with-needle-teeth jaws and they tumble and yap and bark and play... yep, they are fast friends!

(there's a lesson there somewhere, right on the edge of my consciousness... something about people thinking they are better because of who their parents are or think they are... you know the type: they wake up on 3rd base and think they hit a triple... oh well, it'll come to me)

As I drink my coffee on this beautiful Spring Sunday morning, they are romping and playing and nipping and tugging at the same bone... having the time of their lives!

Life is Good! (Hey, I oughtta put that on a T-shirt!

Blessings!