Ok I thought the results of the poll were very interesting. ALL of us chose Makita! What a sweet dog! Only I apparently liked Tatum and only Kie apparently likes Moki... haha sad! Poor little Buttons... no one liked him!? And he was so devoted to Makita! He just didn't have the best people skills... haha!
But this post is an ode to Dylan. Why? Because I am the only one who really remembers him and poor dog only wanted to play and we were all so scared of him. So here's for Dylan! I hope he had a better life with the boy next door!
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Now.. I don't know how accurate my memory is but here's what I remember of our time with Dylan.
One day Dad came home carrying a cardboard box and said he had a surprise for us. We all gathered around excited... hm, this was in Colorado so I must have been like 5 or 6 and Kie was like 3 0r 4? I don't know, you'll have to ask Mom about that. Anyway the box opened and out popped this adorable Beagle puppy! We were so excited!! This was our very first pet! Of course as a puppy he was very energetic and jumped all over us and everything else. It was quickly determined that "Dylan" (name chosen by Mom) would have to live outside. Well he must have always lived outside because the only thing I remember about him after that is trying to swing in the backyard and running away any time he would come near us. And then not wanting to go outside because the dreaded dog was out there. I also remember watching Mary Poppins once and dad decided it was time to let poor Dylan in. He was so excited to come in and jumped right up on the couch where we all were and we all screamed and ran away... needless to say Dylan was shooed back outside! Mom and Dad tried so hard to get us to play with him. Luckily the boy next door had a dog and that dog seemed to get along with our Dylan so when we moved to New Mexico Mom and Dad decided Dylan would be happier next door.
Wow, I hope my kids react better when we get our first dog!
9 comments:
FUN IDEA!!!!! thats so awesome.. haha I ove it.. ode to Dyan!! hahaha.. thats so sad though i feel really bad that is such a cute dog:( I always invisioned a huge scary dog haha.. i just remember trying to swing.. nothing big!!! .. one little memory and a flawed image!!! he is so cute I hope everything worked out for im next door.. thats so weird you have memories of times i was there but i cant remember!! haha..
"When" you get your first dog? Are you saying you are for sure going to get a dog some day? I'd be happy going all my life without getting pets for my ungrateful children. Just thought that was interesting, haha.
How nice for Dylan, I'm sure he would appreciate it. He was cute, is that really a picture of him? I don't remember him at all, but I always pictured him to be a big dog. Now I feel bad for him and Mom and Dad though! Poor dog was stuck outside with no one who wanted to play with him - kinda like Makita, but at least people liked her, probably just like Buttons, though. Poor Mom and Dad came home with such a fun surprise that turned out so sad! I think I'm going to go cry now.
haha no that's not a real pic of him but that is the kind of dog he was. i think it's funny that you guys all thought he was big. and yes i do plan on getting a dog someday but i plan to always have animals that live inside so they don't get ignored.
haha sweet BrieAnne and her hard cold heart towards animals!! haha.. haha yeah right its like a model dog.. all posing.. doubtful to be Dylan haha!! jk.. yeah thats sad.. way to being down the mood brie:(.. jk.. we all remember him big cuz we only remember being scared haha!!!
Beagle? BEAGLE? where did that come from?
Dylan was an Australian Blue Healer (sometimes called an Australian Cattle Dog...)
He was just trying to herd us all around!!! Steve would have appreciated him.
My most vivid memory was the folks across the street taking care of him while we took a trip back to Utah in the winter (probably for Christmas). When we got home they YELLED at us...for making him an outside dog and trying to kill him by freezing him to death....
He was definitely a little hyper active for Cass and Kie!!
I tried to copy a picture in here, but am not sure how to do that with the HTML tags...
seriously???? why am i so positive i remember him being a beagle... and talking about him as a beagle?? well no wonder we were scared of him. i don't feel so bad anymore!
Hahaha, that's cool, way to be yelled at Dog Abuser! Cassi - inside?? That makes them so much worse! Way to be the only one of us who was old enough to actually remember the poor dog, and do a terrible job at it! I mean, "Ode to Dylan"?! Can it really be an ode, if you tell us all he was a completely different dog than he really is?!! I don't think so.
HAHAHAAHAH this is Hilarious.. HEY DAD.. welcome:) haha (sounds like a cult haha)... thats so funny.. way to go Cass... now my Dylan image is so sceward..Big, beagle.australian blue thing.. i dunno what to think!! haha thank you for clearing that up dad!!!!
wow! you guys are being kinda harsh on cassi! it's ok cass, i've seen a picture of dylan and i thought he looked like a beagle! and sadly, i have absolutely no memory of dylan, unless i hvae memories from heaven, but those, of course are hidden behind the veil! ;)
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