Lucky the Idaho Wonder Dog !

I would be remiss if I did not include in my writings about my new friend Steff Barnes of Idaho, and her remarkable dog Lucky. Lucky is a mixed breed, a farm dog by all apparent evidence, and a loyal and faithful companion and friend to Steff. Lucky lives in the yard, has an A-Frame dog house, but often prefers to sleep on the ground, and is happy to be played with or taken for a walk, no matter the length. He is a happy dog as far as I can determine, but he does get bored often because Steff is working or doing the necessary chores and daily duties life and work require, so Lucky can’t be played with or paid attention to every minute of every day. Still, he is a good dog, and I can’t wait to journey up to Idaho to meet and visit with Steff, and meet and get acquainted with Lucky. I even dream of being with that dog, having him lie down next to me as I go to sleep in my sleeping bag, and he guards me for the duration of the night, and is my companion under the light of the Moon and the pinpoint of lights that are the distant stars. Steff looks out the window at us, making sure we’re safe and sound, and she waves at us, and we see the words “Goodnight Perry!”, and “‘Nite Lucky!” as she says them, but can’t hear them for the window glass, but we know she said them nevertheless.

Lucky is a good looking dog, predominantly black in color, with white front and back paws, a white chest ring widest on the front, and a white off-center stripe running up the “stop”, the narrow furrow between the eyes running up the front of the skull that canids have. He has light to medium brown eyes, and a black nose. He looks like a live dog too, and when the light from the sun or other source hits his eyes just right, they shine with an inner light all their own. You really can see Lucky for the living dog he is when this happens.

Lucky should be taken for walks as often as possible, and when I get up to Idaho to meet Steff and her erstwhile dog, Lucky will be taken for rides in my Jeep, hang his head out the back windows as a dog should do on a fine spring day, and ride the wind as he deserves to. “Ride the wind, Lucky-Ride the Wind! “

Thank God for a Good Dog! One of God’s finest, most faithful and loving creatures. Hurrah for Lucky, the Idaho Wonder dog!