"KING!"

2.25.10. I am grateful for my 'hanai' neighbor dog, KING! He's an old man and can't really hear, but when he catches my scent, he runs to the fence and cries for me. . .to feed him, lol. Can you tell I LOVE dogs?!?
OK, I'm feeling sentimental this week because "Daddy" died and "King", my neighbor dog reminds me of him. Big dogs, big names, big hearts. King spent his life watching my neighor's warehouse and when they closed that down, he moved in next door, close to my fence, last year. Mele adjusted to him and they smell each other through the fence. He's deaf, but has a really good sense of smell and when I go into the backyard, even when I'm sneaking, he catches my scent and runs over and cries like a big baby until I feed him (he loves Ma'a's and Mele's food better than his own). I feel for him at night when it's rainy and windy because his 'dog house' is exposed to the elements and I hear him moving around and wish I could bring him in the house or build him a roof. He's an old man who's served his humans for years and he deserves a warm bed, good food and lots of human love and contact, that's just my opinion. But it truly brings me joy to see him and feed him. May God watch over him. Other things I'm grateful for today: going to Sonny's curriculum fair, playing music at lunch, getting off early, eating at Genki's with Sonny, shopping for new clothes, buying a hat(!), and getting my eyebrows waxed (ouch!).