Sunday, February 6, 2011

Mr. Mango’s Request…

Since Mama OC is sleeping a lot lately and probably won’t notice, and since I, Dott, have taken over as Alpha corgi here in Corgi Country, I have decided to honor Mr. Mango’s request in our last post's comments, to also share some things about our Auntie Sadie.


(1) Hi, everyone! My name is Sadie aka. Silly Sadie, Shady Sadie Lady, or AOL (This is what they call me in OC’s hearing and refers to the fact that I am pitch black and it’s hard to take a picture of me… hence Absence Of Light.)


(2) I am about 7 years old and was a rescued dog. (This picture was from 2 days after I came here about 6 years ago. I was pretty thin.) Grammy had just lost her old “Shadow” who took the Bridge at 17 years old. She had gotten him when he wasn’t even two months old, and really missed him.


He was a Border Collie/Shepherd mix. She had also trained a black Border Collie when she was in High School that she really loved, and she said I looked a lot like them.


(3) I was totally thrilled to be rescued into a home that loves their dogs like Grammy and Papa love us, but OC, who had loved Shadow, and had recently been hurt and couldn’t do her “herding of the goats” job, got really jealous of me spending time with Grammy and “That young whipper snapper taking MY job!!!...” Corgis have LONG memories, and she has never gotten over that time… :(



(4) I am VERY SMART (like most Border Collies, I’m told) and learn things very quickly… sometimes just by watching without any formal training! I learned to bring things to Grammy, herd the goats (when we had them) and the horses, and do tricks that Grammy teaches the corgis.


I also learned to be a gentle, loving Auntie to the corgi pups. (BG & Dott when they were pups, and the new pups, Gimli, Mercy & Pip, now.)





(5) I will admit that sometimes I get a kick out of “being especially nice” to OC (the old biddie) by going up to her, licking her face and smiling at Grammy, while OC grumbles and fusses and Dott keeps a close eye to see that a fight doesn’t start.… :)


(6) Now that OC can’t go out running with us very often (not at all this past winter) I get to play with Grammy when we go out on runs and that is like heaven to me! I just get so thrilled that they say I “get goofy” and “monkey tail” all over the place.


(7) I really DO try to stay out of fights and run to get behind Grammy whenever one starts now-a-days. I do tend to warn them and then defend myself, some, when one or more of the corgis (especially OC) starts gnawing on my legs during the middle of a fight.


Thank you, Mr. Mango, for asking about me so that Her Highness, Dott, allowed me to tell a little about myself, too!

11 comments:

Dexter said...

Miss Sadie,
That was a wonderful post and I am so happy to get to know you better. I worry about you sometimes with those little corgi dogs ganging up on you. Of course now that their ring leader is in a wheel chair, hopefully you can avoid confrontation and just have funballs.

Slobbers,
mango

^..^Corgidogmama said...

Well, just like Paul Harvey, now, we know the rest of the story.
Sadie you're a sweetie...and it can't be easy to be the odd gal in a house ruled by bossy corgis!

Achieve1dream said...

I'm glad you got to join the fun too Sadie! It was cool hearing more about you. You're a pretty girl and I love Border Collies so I bet we'd get along. :)

Angela said...

Sadie is a beautiful girl! I think the corgi's are jealous of her because of her height! hehehe

Have a Great Day!
Angela

Chatty Crone said...

Sadie Sadie a beautiful lady. You seem like a wonderful, happy, and loyal young lady. You have a great home there too.
sandie

Taffy said...

Sadie, I don't know how you fit in with all those long short legged doggies! We get pretty bossy and you are so sweet. Good thing you found the perfect home way back then!
Snuggles,
Twix and Taffy

Lorenza said...

Hi, Sadie!
Thanks for sharing your story with us!
Sure is interesting to know about you and how you get along with the corgie pack!
I hope you all had a pawesome weekend!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

Brandon - The dog with a blog said...

What a furry good post, Sadie!
I enjoyed reading all about you - and I love the pictures :)

Rudy

Rose said...

enjoyed this post alot of fun. sadie seems like a great family member take care rose

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ocmist said...

Van harte welkom. We hebben een land Corgi Twitter-pagina en ook een op Facebook.