lucie can't go anywhere without people stopping us to ask:

what kind of dog is that?

they supply their own answers, sometimes: she's beautiful.








she's such a sweetheart.








I tell them: she's a mutt from a shelter.








half australian cattle dog, half mystery.








she's a good dog.








and now, lucie is an agile dog.

here she goes through the tire obstacle, leash flying behind her.








this was her first time on the seesaw.








she figured it out pretty quickly. up, pause, down!

















lucie is also a doggy dog.

this stick didn't have a chance, and it if had been able to hear
her growling, it would have floated away in abject terror.








(sometimes people think she's a dingo, or an african wild dog.)








lucie is watchful








and loyal.








especially since she knows she'll be rewarded with a lick of easy-cheez
every time she answers the call from her dogwhistle.








and especially because now, lucie has a family.







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