Dixie Doodle Dum-Dum

(The title is her full name )

I'm going to explain her name first. Dixie Doodle was originally her name, modeled after Yankee Doodle. But, she is now a certified dum-dum because she runs in front of all vehicles and tries to eat the wheels! Yes I realize we spell dum-dum weird, but the lollipops is delicious!

Anyway, my family lives on a farm with 5 acres of land. When I was about 8, we went to church, and when we returned, we saw a dog just sitting on our porch. She had a rusty chain around her neck and a bunch of scratches. Apparently, one of our neighbors had chained up this poor dog and wouldn’t feed it. (They are no longer our neighbor) We took the dog in and named her Dixie. Dixie is a German Shepard and she lives up to her name! She herds our horses all the time! We still have that rusty chain hanging on our chicken coup, kind of reminding us where she came from.

A couple of years later Dixie was now 5 years old. We were sleeping and it was about 2:30 am. My brother woke up to little yips of dogs. He was really confused and woke up my parents. So… my dog had been pregnant and we didn’t even know! She had mated with our neighbor's dog (A Great Pyrenees) and had 9 gorgeous puppies. Unfortunately, one of them died because it didn’t eat. My family and I buried it with a headstone that said trianglehead. (We named them after their distinct features) We obviously couldn’t keep 8 puppies, so we raised them for 5 weeks and then kept one. We gave the rest to different families we trusted. The one we kept, her name was Pepper. We kept her for a while until she started running into the street and the sheriff kept getting called. Anyway, I love my dog so much, and I hope she lives for so long.

I don't know what it is with us and finding animals, but my mom found a newborn cat in a parking lot and rescued it, so if you want to hear that story please like and leave a comment! ❤️