Meeting Maggie

Spence asked for a ride yesterday afternoon. Celia, Spence and I went to the Village park in Fair Oaks where year round hens and rooster cluck and cock a doodle do around town. It was so peaceful there. I was worried about taking both the kids out by myself, but it turned out to be a fun time. Spencer swung a little and Celia went on the slide several times. Spence and Celia both chased the chickens, but it was when a lady came over and asked if Spencer could play with her dog, that the real fun started. The beautiful black lab retriever's name is Maggie. She let Spencer throw her ball, which I helped with first then Spencer was doing it on his own.H e loved the feeling of Maggie's fur and liked her tongue sticking out while she was panting from all the great exercise she was having. Spence did act a little rough with her sometimes, but the dog was calm and would voluntarily bring the ball to Spencer even when other kids were gathered around, wanting a turn.

I'm glad we stayed long enough to have Patti ( Maggie's owner) come up and ask if Spencer could play with her dog. She told of of how Maggie was a retired service dog. She was very calm and good, being seven years old probably attributed to her mellow, patience away of being. It was too bad when we were turned away form Spencer getting his own Canine Companion because he was too rough with him. It has worked out alright for our family not having one more member to clean up after, but it was very nice to have Spencer get to play with this lovely dog. It was definitely a high light of the day for Spencer.:)