My dog Tessa would always be waiting for me at the foot of the hill coming home from school. (Reply #57)

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Fri Apr 17, 2015, 01:36 PM

bluedigger (16,848 posts)

57. My dog Tessa would always be waiting for me at the foot of the hill coming home from school.

No leash laws back then, so she would spend her day going around to all the back doors in the neighborhood for hand outs, nap in the middle of the street in front of our house and make drivers stop to move her, and then be right on time to greet me as I walked home. Most excellent dog.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
What is your favorite memory of a pet long gone? [View all]	Bertha Venation	Mar 2015	OP
Hildegard	OriginalGeek	Mar 2015	#1
OG, I wish I had known her.	Bertha Venation	Mar 2015	#2
Yes she did and she was.	OriginalGeek	Mar 2015	#4
Dachshunds are really police dogs in disguise.	Laffy Kat	Mar 2015	#22
them strangers needed bitin'!	OriginalGeek	Mar 2015	#25
Yep. And they weren't just little nips either! nt	Laffy Kat	Mar 2015	#28
My Siamese cat, Yum Yum, who loved me unconditionally yet hated everyone else	catbyte	Mar 2015	#3
I would like to see that oboe.	Bertha Venation	Mar 2015	#7
No, but she was ferocious in attacking the bell, lol. Tiny little teethmarks all around it.	catbyte	Mar 2015	#10
My late feline niece Morgan	47of74	Mar 2015	#5
Cantankerous pets get into our hearts	Bertha Venation	Mar 2015	#8
Towards the end of her ninth life, Kwan Yin gave me a solid 45-minute lick fest!	KamaAina	Mar 2015	#6
KA, that does hurt. A lot.	Bertha Venation	Mar 2015	#9
One of my sweet kitty boys (gone for a few years now) liked to lick my hand...	Arugula Latte	Mar 2015	#32
This guy, Charles (R.I.P., 1974-1995):	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2015	#11
was a sweet looking boy	fizzgig	Mar 2015	#29
Charles looks a lot like our Moose.	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#39
He wasn't huge, but substantial; maybe 12-13 lbs.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2015	#44
That's sweet.	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#47
Max, our second German Shepherd	trof	Mar 2015	#12
I have a dog I named Maximillian	Lil Missy	Mar 2015	#14
OMG he's adorable.	Laffy Kat	Mar 2015	#24
He's beautiful, Trof.	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#40
Our black cat Fudgie...	mithnanthy	Mar 2015	#13
How sweet!	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#41
When I was a kid, we had a dog Nemo	cloudbase	Mar 2015	#15
What kind of dog was Nemo? n/t	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#42
He was what we called a "Heinz."	cloudbase	Apr 2015	#52
Dh and I got a puppy	MissB	Mar 2015	#16
That's odd. I wonder what it was	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#43
Most of the time	MissB	Apr 2015	#61
My dog, a 65 lb retriever, cat, bunny and turtle were all friends. I have a photo of them all	Dont call me Shirley	Mar 2015	#17
Bunny-herding cat -- ha!	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#48
When our first bunny died, our cat herded a stray Californian Rabbit home. He	Dont call me Shirley	Apr 2015	#56
Our only dog was a Dalmation we named "Meson." Anyone knowing any physics can figure that one out!	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2015	#18
Did she get her name because she was unstable?	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2015	#19
Nope!	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2015	#20
They are also inherently unstable.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2015	#21
OK.	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2015	#23
LB, solid black cat back in Austin	Skittles	Mar 2015	#26
Wow!	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#49
it was wood	Skittles	Apr 2015	#55
OMZ, how much time you got?!1 The most recent was a few minutes ago	UTUSN	Mar 2015	#27
A true watchdog.	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#50
he's cute!	nastynaven	Mar 2015	#30
He really was, nastynaven.	Bertha Venation	Apr 2015	#51
i've got a few sweet boys that i miss especially	fizzgig	Mar 2015	#31
I have so many. Pets who were memorable because they were good, and pets who were horrible.	hunter	Mar 2015	#33
I miss petting my dog Keisha's tummy	shenmue	Mar 2015	#34
We had a cat named Clancy who had a habit of	vanlassie	Mar 2015	#35
I have a million of them...	lunamagica	Apr 2015	#36
This one used to dance with me on his hind legs. Died suddenly in 2004	sinkingfeeling	Apr 2015	#37
OMG he looks like a stuffed toy	Skittles	Apr 2015	#46
Our Emily.	murielm99	Apr 2015	#38
hey Bertha	Skittles	Apr 2015	#45
what a fine looking brood	fizzgig	Apr 2015	#53
I miss the old guy	Skittles	Apr 2015	#54
My dog Tessa would always be waiting for me at the foot of the hill coming home from school.	bluedigger	Apr 2015	#57
Cyan, little light blue parakeet with a huge personality.	Xyzse	Apr 2015	#58
A few of mine.	Tommy_Carcetti	Apr 2015	#59
For me it's a toss up	mythology	Apr 2015	#60
My cat was a firefighter	IrishEyes	Apr 2015	#62

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