One of my greatest moments was the afternoon I got a phone call from Barbara at
work.
I had tried talking her into getting a Corgi for about a year and after a
constant, "No No, No. We Are not getting a dog, she called. "I've changed my
mind, we are not getting a Corgi, we are getting two!"
The plan was that Barb
would be driving up to Vermont to a breeder and returning with two puppies.
Choosing Molly wad easy. When Barbara picked her up, she put her head against
Barbs chest and with her big brown eyes, Molly was coming home.
It wasn't long before our new baby had taken total control over Barbara me and
her cousin, Jake I was asked to name our new puppies. First time in my life
being asked to name the family pets. I thought "Molly" would be perfect. Soft
sounding with two syllables and sounding clearly different from her cousin's new
name, "Jake". Molly would make you love her whether you would like it or not.
Meeting people on our walks on her approach she would crouch down, put her ears
back and wag her tail so that her whole butt would move back and forth and with
her big beautiful brown eyes without a peep say, "I'm your new best friend".
When she came up to them, she then would roll over on her back. and wait for a
belly rub. Remember? im your new best friend. When guests made the mistake of
sitting on the sofa, it would only be a bit before Molly would be sitting in
their lap.
Anyone. You would be more likely to have her in your lap if you didn't want her
to.
On our first walks Molly and Jake would get into anything that was wet if it
looked big enough for them to go into it including mud puddles They would climb
down steep Banks get in the water and then climb back up They just love getting
wet! We wanted to take them to a place that the water was a little cleaner than
the sinkholes around Lexington, so we took them by bike trailer to spy pond in
Arlington and let them swim where friends have told me that dogs can legally
swim and that it's clean. I took Jake and lowered him slowly into the water with
his leash on and grabbed him around his chest in an area that was only waist
deep for him and me. As we were just getting settled , Barbara started yelling
"Scott Scott get Molly!" I turned around and saw Molly swimming off and then
turned around and swam back and then went around and swam off and she was doing
a little circle with her leash on and so I got Jake to the shore and took Molly
and put her up on the side where it was dry. Jake, Barbara and I stood looking
at Molly with our mouths open it was amazing! no one taught her she just started
swimming and doing a great job. Jake wasn't really happy about that she was
getting attention but he was happy to not be in the water so we got on the
trailer and went home.
