MARCIA WILSON's DOGS
This is my jindo gae (gae means dog in Korean) Tanya. I adopted her from the Bergen County Animal Shelter December 22, 1999 when she was one year old. A Korean family had imported her from Korea and kept her chained in the back yard. Tanya told me right off that she never wanted to be tied up again so she has her wish.
Tanya is very gentle with family members. Notice, she is not much for eye contact; she is on my deck surveying the yard for movement. I am sorry to say that three groundhogs one possum, one squirrel, and at least four shrews have met untimely ends at her behest.
Tanya has help in catching critters. I adopted Mookie from the Bergen County Animal Shelter August 22, 2000 to replace my beloved golden retriever.
I did not expect to adopt another prick-eared dog, but Mookie won me over with her soulful look, and when she escaped from her cage I knew I had to have her. Any dog that wanted to be adopted THAT MUCH deserved it. Mookie was found as a skinny stray in the Englewood NJ cemetery and she was caged in the animal shelter from March 15 until August when I adopted her.
I love certain blurry photos because they capture motion. This is my black dog Mookie joyously leading my grandson around the back yard. He is pushing a yellow plastic cart.
Tanya and Mookie are great pals. Here they are sitting on the deck, all excited by snow in March 2003.
Mookie is part chow, which you can tell by her black tongue, straight back legs, and fat-bottomed paws. I think the rest of her is part Jindo because she looks and acts a lot like Tanya when hunting shrews (they leap in the air and pounce), and the final part is black lab because her body is shaped like a lab, fat and bulky, and she acts amazingly gentle and friendly with humans.
They look like they are fighting but they are really playing.
I like this photo, taken February 2003 in front of the "dog door". Tanya is ready to run in case you-know-who grabs her tail.
Sometimes my neighbor's dog comes for a visit. Do you think he enjoys himself? (The dog behind the fence belongs to another neighbor.)
Btw, please don't use any of these photographs without receiving my permission in writing; they are copyrighted by me, marcia sandmeyer wilson, 2003-2004, Leonia NJ.