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CP Jiminy nka Luther
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NOTE: A year ago, Col. Potter celebrated
the miraculous birth of fourteen puppies into Freedom, all raised with tender
love and care by their Foster Moms and Dads, and all of whom have just finished
celebrating their 1st Birthdays in loving homes with dedicated
parents. Contrast these heartwarming
stories with that of CP Jiminy, a little ten month old baby who faced certain
death because the human entrusted with his care had frightened him out of a
sleep and got a tiny scratch when he turned his little head quickly and caught
her finger with his tooth. Human error,
100%, first by being so careless, and then by dumping this little boy at a
shelter, knowing full well it was a one way ticket to death row. Thankfully, Col. Potter was there to save
little Jiminy, and two years ago this past week, he found his Forever Mom and
True Love! This is why we Rescue…
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| Luther has found his Forever Love! |
Luther
and I celebrated our 2nd year together this week, March 13-14th
gotcha day. We're doing great! He loves PA and also loves NYC. I've been teaching out of my studio in NYC
and he's been a very good boy with all the students. Sometimes he socializes, and sometimes he
goes in the bedroom and sleeps.
He
got stripped since the most recent photo, but his coat is always beautiful, and
no more squinty eyes! His eyes are wide
open now!!
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| Luther relaxing in the city studio. |
Luther
came to me after I lost my beloved Cormac, also a Cairn Terrier. It was a testament to a great relationship
that I decided upon another Cairn Terrier. A few months later, thanks to the wonderful
Col. Potter Team, I had Luther in my arms.
He
was as scared and as excited as I was! His little head shook with nervousness,
causing the fine hairs on the top of his head to tremble. This still happens when he’s particularly
excited. At first I phoned his Foster Mom,
Pam, daily to learn this or that new way to feed, cuddle, or handle him. I also phoned her just to say “Hi!” and to
keep at least one consistent person in Luther’s life.
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| Luther loves to play ball! |
Two
years later, Luther (or Lu, or Lulu) and I are a team. We spend our nights sharing a bed. Luther enjoys setting his toys at the very
edge of the bed so that they drop off. Then
he tosses them and chases them as though they’re alive. He’s inventive and very smart! He’s created his own language, which includes
over forty sounds. He likes our city
apartment, but prefers our country home. He loves to run after a ball in the grass and
hang onto it with his teeth while I swing him around. If he hasn’t had quite enough exercise
outside, he tears around the house, banking the bed, sofa, and big chair in
circle after circle. He loves to be
chased and is thrilled when he avoids my touch as he passes closely. He loves to chase and “warble” at the flying
squirrels that live in the eaves of the house. He runs from corner to corner of the low
roofline in the loft, barking, gargling, and whining at them.
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| Luther loves his country retreat! |
Nothing
pleases him more than to please me. And, nothing pleases me more than to see
him happy.
He’s
a great traveling companion. We’ve spent
the last two August months in the Alps of Switzerland. Since there’s no dog supply store in the small
town where I study, we go to the butcher every third day to get his supply of
plump, free range chicken that I cook up in the apartment for him. His travel meals are chicken, rice, and green
veggies. Hotels between destinations
have been accommodating of his diet and kindly prepare it for him. In the Alps
he has a balcony to hang out on while I’m in classes. He barks at lawn mowers, dogs, gardeners, and
kids riding plastic three wheelers.
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| Luther befriends a cow! |
This
past August, we went together in the cable car to the very top of the
snow-covered mountains. He loved looking
out the window as the cable car climbed the mountain. And, if he could have, he would have chased
the many marmots that live on the alpine mountainsides. Last year, he saw longhaired cows grazing in
the fields. He wanted to meet them, but
didn’t quite know how. I watched him
consider it for a few moments, then drop his head and graze in imitation of
them. It worked! Two cows came over and immediately liked him! One gave him three big cowlicks across his
face. I’m not sure he liked the
cowlicks, but he liked the cows. He also
likes the ponies, the domestic rabbits, the other students, and the many dogs
also traveling in the Alps with their human
companions.
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| Luther studies the traffic in NYC |
He’s
learned to handle the big city, walk the crowded streets like a pro, weaving in
and around the legs, carriages, push carts, high heels, and steel toed boots.
He socializes with the huge variety of dogs in the park and does better when
they’re off the leash then when they’re on. He loves Cairns most of all. If he can, he’ll instigate a game of rolling
and nipping and chasing around and around. He’s a happy adolescent, heading into his
teenage years!
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| Luther is comfortable in the big city. |
He
goes with me everywhere, rides in the basket of store push carts, and it’s
often said he’s “very well behaved!” Even my ninety-eight year old (ex) mother in
law, who was never fond of dogs, looks forward to our weekly visits. Luther intuits that he needs to be calm around
Rosie. He is a Cairn rascal, but he’s
also very dear and wonderfully adaptable.
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| Luther relaxing in the country moonlight. |
He’s
truly a good Cairn boy! He's very
athletic and very handsome, just a little devilish, but not much. He's
really very sweet, loves attention, can play by himself, and loves his food - no
kidding! He's independent but also warm
and social. He still sleeps with me and
I'm hoping he'll always want to sleep with me - I love having him so close!
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| Luther has only Sweet Dreams now! |
He's
my little man and I'm so grateful that he wants to stay with me, and grateful
to Pam, and Amy, and Col. Potter for giving me such a sweet boy!
Read all about CP Jiminy’s Intake Story and his trip to
Forever:
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