A Princess in the making is about all you can say about Josie! (Josephine Elizabeth Cooper)…she was the little miracle that entered into our lives. I can remember that June/July day. I got home from work and my husband was already home. I knew I had to get dinner started because I had a class to teach that night. He came into the kitchen. I really don’t remember exactly what he said but he told me to go out to the backyard, he had a surprise for me…. (a dog was not even on my radar!) I barely got out the door and was greeted with a tongue and a wagging tail. She was so cute…but I looked at my husband because in March I had just put my dog to sleep – he was 11 years old and his hips were degenerating and he was in pain. It was then that we decide to wait for a while before getting another dog. (in other words, I wasn’t supposed to bring home a stray – I’m usually the sucker between the two of us – or so I thought.) Brent told me that she just wondered into the warehouse and sat in front of his desk. He put some water out for her and she just laid yed down not to be in the way of other workers. When Brent would get up – she followed. The guys were giving him a hard time that she picked him. She was friendly to others but she didn’t let Brent out of her sight. I would say she won his heart when she first sat at his desk, but after a couple hours, she was his! He took her home and put her in the back yard with water.
I can’t imagine where she came from. The warehouse is in an industrial park and there aren’t really any homes/apartments near by. It was as if someone just dropped her off. (I hope not) She looked like she had been out for about 2 to 3 weeks. Her hair was matted and I don’t think it had ever been really cut.
For getting dinner, I immediately brought her in to the kitchen and gave her a really good bath (I didn’t see bugs…but you know she had to have some)…I used the blow dryer on her (she actually liked it) and was able to comb out most of the mattes. I left her with Brent as I went to class. She didn’t have a name yet…we were just calling her girl. By the time I got home…I had a name….Josephine Elizabeth Cooper, Josie for short! It is funny how I came to that name. I had a student in my day class and my night class and an example with it as well. It was if it would jump at you…when I got home, I asked Brent if he had any suggestions for a name. He looked at me and really hadn’t thought about a name (as she was in his lap cuddling) So I told him “I think her name is Josephine…Josie for short and her middle name with be Elizabeth because she is definitely princess quality.” I think he laughed at me but he started calling her Josie and she would answer to it as if it was her really name.
Josie is a carin/schnauzer terrier. No bunny rabbit or squirrel or bird was ever safe in our back yard ever again! Josie was an only child for the next 2 years. Then her sister appeared. Cautious of their interaction was interesting – I mean, Josie had caught rabbits bigger then Heidi….but they get along pretty much from the beginning. They both sleep with us in our bed. I love cuddling with both!
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