Odie ~ Tuesdays' Show & Tail

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I went through my old photo albums to find a picture of Odie. Odie was the son of Brandy, my first dog I ever had as a child. There is a strange twist in Odie's lineage as Odie's mother was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi! Seriously! When I was in the 7th grade a new family moved in down the street from me. They had the funniest little stubby legged short dog I had ever seen in my life! Plus it had no tail! I had no idea what kind of dog that was back then until now! lol Anyway, my sister's best friend lived next door to the people with the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Apparently my sister and her best friend seen our dog Brandy inside the fence with the neighbor's corgi. Brandy actually jumped the fence! A couple months later she had puppies. I remember going to their house to pick out one of the puppies to bring home for us to keep. They were keeping them in the garage and the mother had gotten into the trash and trash was all over the garage with those pups. That's a strange thing to remember isn't it. I don't remember how many puppies there were but I do remember picking out Odie and bringing him home. At the time he was a darker color somewhat like the color of Brandy. As time went by he turned the reddish color and stayed that way. We named him Odie after Garfield and Odie which was a new cartoon at the time. Now it's time to meet Odie!

Can you see the corginess in him? He was a very long bodied, short stubby legged dog with a bonus tail like his father! He too was one of the bestest dogs I've ever had. It wasn't long after we got him that we moved to another farm. This farm had lots of snakes! Yikes! Not only were there back snakes but there were copper head snakes too! Copper head snakes are poisonous and can be deadly if bitten by one. Odie being the little hunter that he was would keep a snake at bay until my dad would come out and kill the snake. My dad somehow trained this dog, or perhaps Odie was just that smart, the difference between the two snakes. Odie got to where he would kill the black snakes himself and keep the copper heads at bay until my dad would kill it. On one particular day Odie actually kept a copper head in it's place for several hours until my dad got home from work. He was also known to tree opossums too! His nickname was Odie Oat Oat Oat! I can't help but to look at this picture and think there's Odie Oat Oat Oat!

Angela