Mom and dad's neighborhood is going to the dogs and cats!

[cassiesmom]

And I like it!

My mom and dad still live in the house where I grew up. As their long-time neighbors move away they are getting more and more neighbors with dogs! My dad walks for exercise so he is slowly getting acquainted with people as they move in.

This is after the sad situation with the neighbor's Rottweilers last year. He has to go to a meeting at city hall about that. The two of them were always outside in the heat, cold, wind, rain or snow. They hardly ever got any attention or play time. One super hot day we were in the yard and we noticed that they just didn't look good, they seemed to be panting for breath. So I got a bucket and my dad filled it with water and put it over the fence with a piece of clothes line. The mother dog drank almost all of it and left just a little for the younger dog, so we filled it up a second time and she let the younger dog drink again. We think their neighbor on the other side was feeding them at night as well as giving them clean water.

But now there are lots of new neighbors and so many with dogs! A man with two white, fluffy dogs. My mom thinks they are very well cared for because their coats are always clean, white and fluffy and they just look happy and healthy. I noticed that they have dark shiny brown eyes. A couple with a retired greyhound that's on a waiting list for a second one. A young couple with two Boston terriers- one is sort of brownish-black and white, if that's possible, and the other looks just like Beenie or Frankie, the black and white. They walk with the two dogs and a tiny baby in one of those 3-wheel strollers. A couple with two little terriers- Norwich? or yorkies? They're small and cute! A lady with 2 shelter dogs and when they are out walking she always lets me pet and give them lovies. Their neighborhood is going to the dogs! I like it!

The cats worry me. There are four cats that belong to 3 different houses. One is orange with a full tail; one is solid black; one is a brown tabby and one is black and white. I wish the people around the block would keep their cats inside. There are possums, raccoons and cars about and I hope the cats don't encounter any of them.