Comments on: Introducing . . . Atticus!

By: Candice

Candice — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:41:18 +0000

In reply to Miss Patty of Richmond. Now they would be a pair, wouldn't they? And it gives me shivers to know that Sugar hasn't settled down all these years--is this my fate with Atticus?

By: Miss Patty of Richmond

Miss Patty of Richmond — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:51:23 +0000

You know you enjoy every love nip and piece of toilet paper you have to re-roll. I will bring his cousin Sugar up to teach him some manners, as you know how well behaved she is!! 🙂

By: Candice

Candice — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:20:15 +0000

In reply to Sheilah Egan.

Sheilah, I laughed at the image of that dog carrying the coffee table! Cats are the same way–they use their whiskers to see if they can clear a space, but forget they’ve got bodies bigger than their heads!

Fortunately Atticus has small feet (unlike Winchester’s big clown-shoe feet) so he won’t be very big, but round, I think. Like a cannonball. At least dogs don’t jump up on tables and knock things over to watch them fall.

By: Sheilah Egan

Sheilah Egan — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:55:56 +0000

Oh, I got so caught up thinking about Hank, I forgot to say how handsome Atticus is.

By: Sheilah Egan

Sheilah Egan — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:55:15 +0000

It happens in the dog world, as well. Our daughter adopted a puppy whose feet were fairly large but was convinced that “he’s not going to be all that big.” Well, at six months he was 60 pounds and at a year he is over 100!!! He still thinks he is a tiny puppy and tries to squeeze himself into small spaces or under things. He looks really cute walking around with the coffee table on his back like a turtle! He is wild and crazy. The only peaceful times are when he is asleep or in his crate. Recently he has been willing to sit on the sofa for more than 3 minutes without jumping off to investigate a leaf blowing on the front porch. (The windows go all the way to the floor and he sees everything.)

By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:22:32 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Dulemba. You did comment, but that's okay. Glad Stan enjoyed it, too. I can't WAIT to come to Hollins this summer and get away from this cat! He broke two things this morning...

By: Elizabeth Dulemba

Elizabeth Dulemba — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:04:03 +0000

OMG – I thought I had already commented! Atticus is ADORABLE but yes, I see the tasmanian devil in his eyes! I got such a laugh out of reading this and read most of it to Stan too because I was laughing so hard. Ahhh pets – gotta luv ’em! 🙂

By: Candice

Candice — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:01:26 +0000

In reply to Constance Van Hoven. If any cat was a black Lab, it was Winchester. He was very much a dog of a cat. Atticus is more high-strung, like a wolverine crossed with a poodle. At least Peg is a few years old now . . . Atticus can carry on until he's 10 or 11. Pray for us!

By: Candice

Candice — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:59:56 +0000

In reply to jama. Right now his picture book would be a horror story! At least from the pb writer's point of view. You can't imagine the crashes that occur several times a day. Sometimes I don't even get up to see what happened. I'll know soon enough . . .

By: Constance Van Hoven

Constance Van Hoven — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:54:29 +0000

Atticus reminds me of Peg. As they say, misery loves company. So, I had to laugh at your “misery.” Are you sure Atticus doesn’t have a wee bit of Lab in him?