Isaac
my loyal friend
by LindaK/OasisOP

Isaac will soon (2008) be 16 years old.  His mother was purebred Catahoula (a cattle dog). She once made a trip to town with her master and met an old "bar" dog who "blessed" her with 8 lively puppies.  My son picked Isaac out and we've never been sorry!  He's a very smart and loyal friend!

When I prepare to travel, he seems to know I'm going.  Reminds me of a cartoon I saw in a PARADE magazine some years back.  Two dogs were at the end of a sidewalk, watching the mistress of one of them walking up to the door of the house.  The mistress' dog said, "I don't know where she goes every day, but she always comes back every evening."  I'm sure Isaac wonders where I go (often for at least a week and sometimes for as much as a month) and he misses me.  When I returned from a trip to Europe after having been gone for nearly a month, he stepped up in my van and laid his head in my lap and tried to crawl into my lap. 

He's an outside dog but has a big house with a sleeping bag on the porch which gives him protection from the cold and bad weather. 
When it's really cold, the farm cats crawl in and they bundle up together.

He is very protective of me and lets people know that when they come to visit.  More than anything, he loves playing keep-away with his squeaky toys and going for our infrequent one-mile walks.


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