What a dog!

I would like to introduce you to our family's pet - Wishbone. We adopted him in May 2006 when he was just a puppy. His mother was a goat-herding dog for Marcela, my mother-in-law. He was the cutest little puppy and Jaynie loved him from Day 1. Then in August 2006, Wishbone disappeared. We do not know if he was taken or just wandered away; however, we looked for him around this area and never found him. Jaynie prayed and prayed, and finally told me that she just didn't think that God listened to her. We talked about how God's timing is not our timing and how we needed to pray that God would protect Wishbone wherever he was. Fast forward to February 2007, Wishbone wandered back to our base looking scraggly, dirty, flea-infested, and half-starved. He became the best guard dog for our house once we cleaned him up and fattened him up. He would always bark at any stranger who tried to get close to our front door. Everyone would ask me if he bites, and I always answered in the affirmative.

Then we noticed that his tongue seemed to hang out of his mouth almost all of the time. Marcela said that he was sick and would soon die. We kept feeding him and watching for any signs of sickness. Then, in April of this year, someone pointed out to us that Wishbone has very few teeth. This explains why his tongue hangs out - he has no front teeth to hold it in! Wishbone is very diligent at keeping stray cows, horses, donkeys, and pigs out of the base's property. We think that he was kicked by a cow or a horse several times for him to lose so many teeth. Even without teeth, Jaynie loves Wishbone and says that he is a beautiful dog. I call him our toothless wonder!