Backtracking

Greetings humans,

Yes, the Olympics are still in full swing. As a matter of fact, they have really just begun. The last I heard from Missy Linda, the United States had won eight medals. That was this morning.

I have been missing Puck, and I just wanted to show you all some pictures since you have not seen any of Puck and Button. Puck had been rather hard of hearing the last year or so. That means that since he is not here any more, it is very quiet because no one has to talk really loud or bang on objects to get his attention. Since Missy Linda's dogs were never allowed to run loose in the neighborhood, there was not any particular danger for Puck because of his hearing loss. As I have mentioned before, Puck was a rather shy and sweet dog. Shelties are usually obedient dogs. Missy Linda said that the only times that Puck did not obey were when he was told to stop barking and when he did not want to hurry when they went for walks. If Missy Linda tried to hurry him too much, and he wanted to sniff and look at things, he would plant himself on the sidewalk or the street and refuse to move a muscle until Missy Linda stopped pulling on the leash and talked with him gently to apologize.


In this picture of Puck (on your left) you can seen that both he and Button are shy about having photos taken. Missy Linda always called Puck's white chest his white dress shirt. She thought he looked very dashing when he was all clean and brushed. Puck always had gentlemanly manners, too.

You can see that Puck was a very helpful dog in the picture below. He was just trying to help pass out gifts---he would never have bothered them without permission! I think that surely he must hope that one of them is his, don't you?
Here we see Puck (on your right) and Button ready to celebrate their birthdays! Puck is a little apprehensive about the hat. Even though Puck was shy, he was game to do almost anything that Missy Linda wanted him to do.
Even I miss Puck a lot, and I did not know him very long. He was always a gentleman and a good friend. Even when some of those little girls would want to hug him a lot or accidentally step on him, I saw that he never snapped at them or anything. He would just walk away and try to stay out of everyone's way. I can see why everyone loved him and misses him, can't you?