[Dailydrool] Snoopy and the funeral

[Dale Rutz]

Hi it's the clueless momPerson and yes you read that right.

So, last night I went to walk the dogs.  Lately I walk Cyrus and LuLu and then I 
come back and walk Snoopy separately.  Cyrus and LuLu tend to be quiet and they 
greet many people and dogs in the neighborhood.  Snoopy is ridiculous with his 
howling and carrying on.  He also has a number of friends (dogs and people) who 
come rushing out to play with him.  But I have found that if I have all 3 I wind 
up VERY frustrated with Snoopy and his antics, whereas if I walk him separately 
I can really enjoy him.

Anyway last night around 7 I walked Cyrus and LuLu.  I had come home and changed 
dogs and had Snoopy and was walking past a neighbor's home (we've lived here 
over 16 years, we know most people) and one of the grandchildren came shooting 
out between the shrubs and grabbed Snoopy around the neck.  They're good kids, 
nice kids but they're little and nobody's told them not all dogs will put up 
with that kind of rough handling.  Snoopy loves kids, even tiny newborn babies 
so he didn't care and then her sister came running and grabbed both his ears and 
another one (a cousin of these two girls I think) came and the three of them 
were dancing around Snoopy and playing and laughing.  A couple more of the 
grandkids wandered out and I was starting to wonder why everybody was all 
dressed up on Friday evening.  I was talking to one of the older boys (maybe 12) 
and at this point maybe 8 of the grandkids were dancing and laughing and petting 
Snoopy and one of the little, little girls claimed he'd kissed her ear ..... and 
a big golden retriever walked by on the other side of the street.  Snoopy 
started to ahrooooooooooo and all the kids joined in .... ahrooooooooooo     
ahroooooooooooooooo and that's when my neighbor came out.  She is in her 80s and 
she came out to say hello with all her sons and daughters and in laws and she 
said to me "I heard that sound and it went right through to my soul.   You know 
(and I didn't) that we buried my husband today and we've come from the funeral 
just a while ago.  I think my husband sent me a sign through Snoopy."  All of 
her sons and daughters came over to pet Snoopy and love on him with big smiles. 
 So between the kids and the grandkids there must have been 15 or 20 people 
petting him and loving on him all at once.  Good thing he's a big basset.

Amazing how these bassets touch people's souls.  At least I was amazed.

I remain .... the clueless momPerson with Snoopy (I touch people's souls) and 
Cyrus (I'm big and black and people are afraid of me) and LuLu too (I am the 
cuddliest creature on earth)
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