"Mommy, I like Whitey"

01.27.10

"Whitey" (as I like to call him) is Maggie's new friend as of today.

This afternoon we went on our walk.  As we headed towards the ponds, Whitey was there to greet us.  Whitey is a white dog but I'm not sure what breed.  He's a little bigger than Maggie with similar length of hair.  There are a few amazing things about him.  He has such pretty white fur.  He's pretty much all white except for a very light tan strip down his back.  So gorgeous!  And he has the most amazing eyes.  They are blue!  So pretty to look at.

So we've met Whitey before but he's always just run off after he comes up and sniffs Maggie.  He escapes from his home occasionally.  I've seen him on a chain in the backyard of his house during the warmer months of the year.  Maybe he just likes to run around for a while.  (I'm sure his owner doesn't like it.)  But he seems like a good dog (other than escaping).

Instead of running off today, he decided to kind of follow us on our walk around the big pond.  Since he was kind of sticking around, I wanted to get a picture of him.  While I was getting the camera out Maggie was whining at Whitey because she wanted him to come back and play with her.  (Maybe that's why he stuck around longer.)  I was mad when I discovered my batteries were completely dead!  So we contiued on with the walk.  Whitey eventually came back to us when we were halfway around the pond to play with Maggie a little more.

The two of them had fun.  They would sprint with each other, except Maggie couldn't go too far since she was still attached to the leash!  She got in her playful stance to get him to come back to her.  I could tell she just wanted to run to her heart's content with him.  It was so cute.  Then when Whitey ran on ahead of us, Maggie was upset.  We walked fast the rest of the way though.

Then that was pretty much it.  It was great to watch Maggie have such a good time, even if it was short-lived.  She seems more tired tonight.  I think I know why!

Since I didn't get a picture of Whitey today (uhhh!), I'll show you another one I took today.  One of Maggie pouting.  She's been sad this week because her daddy is out of town all week long.  So she's been stuck with me.  It's not the worst thing in the world, but she just adores Chris and looks forward to the time she gets with him every night.

I miss you dad!