Snow. Sun. Cold. Hot. Seasons came and went but I learned one thing pretty quickly. Piper did not like being cold. This became evident the first winter we were together and every winter after that. You see, we had this little space heater and Piper and I both were pretty obsessed with it. Many a’night we’d huddle by the heater to watch TV, read, or just stay warm.
She was my warm weather dog and I loved her for that because I’m a warm weather person, too. It might be that I was born in Key West and Florida weather is in my blood, I don’t know. But she was born in Tennessee so it would make sense if she liked all the seasons. She certainly had plenty of snow days in Tennessee and visiting family in Ohio.
They say dogs look like their owners but in this case, Piper acted like her owner. Give us all the hot days, you can keep your winters. There were times I held her in my arms, belly up, with the sun warming her whole body and she’d tilt her head back, close her eyes and I think she was as happy as she could be.
I tried to do that for her, give her a happy life. I wasn’t always successful but she knew I loved her with my whole heart. And now that she’s gone, all I can cling to is warm (or hot since we both prefer that temperature) memories of her in my heart. Piper, always my first dog.
-Out of the Wilderness
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