Cindy now Sydney
Here are some recent photos of Syd living the life of
leisure and love that she deserves.
1/7/2006 Lynn
6/2006: Sydney tested heartworm negative !!!!
Cindy is a cocker/golden
mix and a sweetheart. She went to her forever home in Maine on
Saturday July 23, 2005.
update on dec 9th:
Dear Jan, Cindy has
had her first taste of snow and she loves it. I took her up to
the school yard off leash this afternoon and she tore around
the field like she was born to run in the snow. Just wanted to
let you know that she is doing well and is a happy (spoiled)
dog.
Sincerely, Lynn
Update on August 19th:
Hello to Lee, Jim, and Melanie, I am attaching three
photos of Cindy that I took today in the back yard. You can see that
she is making friends with the stray cat that we have been taking
care of for the past 4 years.
She is the best dog in the world and I love her so much!
Best Wishes to All,
Lynn
Update aug 11th:
Dear Lee, I'll be emailing you some photos of Cindy
soon. Rod has them in his digital camera and has not had a chance
to download them but as soon as he does I'll make sure that you get
to see them.
We are calling Cindy = Sydney instead because my mother's dog was
named Cindy. She was 16 years old and my mother just recently had
to have her euthanized so it is hard to use the name again. We all
talk about what is the best food for our dogs. My mother's dog never,
not once, ever ate a morsel of dog food. My mother fed that dog for
16 years boiled chicken, boiled hamburg, canned soups, etc. and the
dog lived a long life so I guess it really doesn't matter that much
what kind of dog food we buy. I've been adding canned dog food, canned
Dinty Moore beef stew, cottage cheese, yogurt, or something each
meal. The dog does not like the dry food so I add something to make
it more tasty for her.
Sydney follows me around the house all day and goes with me in the
car wherever I go. She also loves to go out to my daughter's house
where she plays with Janis's dog, Presley. The race around the house
and wrestle until they both are so tired they fall asleep. My daughter
is crazy about Sydney.
Rod is crazy about Sydney and my grandson who is 12 thinks she is
the cutest dog he has ever seen but Sydney likes me the best and
will always try to be around me instead of anyone else. She makes
a mess of my house. She chews up her soft toys and scatters the stuffing
all over the house. Her toys are all over different rooms where she
has put them. She is apt to steal too. She goes into my bedroom and
brings out my shoes that she gets from the closet. She got into a
desk draw and chewed up a checkbook cover. She loves to tear up the
newspaper. She will not go off the porch when I put her outside unless
someone goes with her to the back yard. No mistakes in the house
whatsoever. Last night we went to bed early so this morning she woke
up around 6:30 and jumped off my bed and went to the kitchen door
and came back and barked to go out. She has barked to go out twice
now so I know that she will ask to go out if she needs to but generally
we just take her out often. We took her to a park recently and took
her inside the huge tennis court and let her run around loose and
practiced "come" and she is pretty reliable so long as
she is not chasing a cat or something. We also take her to another
park where she can run around in the ball field which is mostly fenced
in. I usually let her trail 100 feet of lead so that if she decides
to leave the fenced in area I only need to get within 100 feet of
her to stop her but this allows her to run and get some good exercise
then she goes for a little swim.
She is such a good dog and so cute. It really is a shame that she
has heartworms. I'll give her the Ivermectin every month but I worry
about what damage the worms are doing to her heart. Come what may
I'll give her a good home and she will have a good life from now
on.
Neither of my cats like her. Gypsy is ugly anyway and hisses and
is the boss. Sydney is afraid of her and won't go past her. I have
to stand between them for Sydney to feel safe going past Gypsy. Poor
little Jaykee is afraid of the dog and has stayed in the cellar most
of them time. Now she is coming up to sleep on the gandson's bed
and Sydney does not bother her at all but Jaykee is not comfortable
around the dog. There is a stray cat that we have fed for about four
years, groomed him and treated him for ticks and fleas. He hangs
around and he absolutely loves Sydney. Just about every time we take
Sydney out, "Starvin Marvin" shows up and lays around near
the dog and he seems to be watching for Sydney.
Anyway I'll not keep you any longer but just know that Sydney is
doing well and is spoiled and pampered and gets a lot of attention
and is happy here with us.
Lynn
Update on August 6th:
Dear Lee, Cindy is doing fine. She loves to tear
up my newspaper every morning after I have read it. She is also very
interested in ripping up the toilet paper. She is well housebroken,
no problems at all. She sticks around the house well even when off
leash so long as I'm out in the yard with her. She is pretty good
about coming when called. We walk her to the school yard pretty much
every evening when she can climb around on the playground equipment.
We have taken her swimming a couple of times and she likes that.
She is sweet natured and so cute.
I took her to my daughter's house where she played and played with
Janis's dog, Presley. Cindy was all tired out when we got home. I'm
supposed to go to Portland today with a friend and will likely take
Cindy out to stay with Janis and Presley for the day where she will
not be lonesome. Cindy does not like to eat the dry food so I doctor
it up with Dinty Moore beef stew, chicken stew, cottage cheese, yogurt,
or hard boiled eggs and then she will eat it. Spoiled rotten.
She is getting along ok with the cats. One of the cats is ok with
her. The other one will sit in the hallway and Cindy does not dare
to go past her.
Cindy likes to sleep with me on my bed. We take naps-rather she takes
naps while I watch tv for a while during the day.
Anyway, she is doing great. My partner, Rod, has fallen in love with
her. He babies her-talks to her all the time in baby talk. Ridiculously
funny.
The attached photo is "Baby's First Haircut" and will be
good for a scrapbook page. My daughter has other photos we have taken
but they are not digital.
Lee, Please keep in touch.
Love Ya, Lynn
Update as of July 24th:
Dear Lee, no problem peeing. No accidents in the
house yet either. I did call Jan to tell her that Cindy was safe
in her new home. We took her to the local swimming hole today and
she loves to swim and she got to run all around the fenced in baseball
field. She took a nap with me this afternoon on the couch. Jan was
worried that this dog would be too energetic for me--this dog sleeps
more than I do!
We also went to my daughter's house where Cindy got
to play with Janis's dog, Presley, loose in a fenced in yard. When
we took her in the house, she liked Presley's crate and kept taking
his toys and bringing them into HIS crate. Anyway she has had a great
day. Very loving dog. Met my grandson Jeffrey age 12 and she likes
him. They just came in from playing in the yard.
She rode in the car great today and even jumped back
in when it was time to go. She hasn't really met up with the cats
much--the house is like in two sections so Cindy has been in the
front section and the cats have decided to stay in the back. Anyway
everything is going great. Rod is in love with this dog. Tomorrow
to the groomer.
Catch you latah. We need to meet sometime. Let me know if you will
be in the Augusta area.
Lynn
