Saturday, August 22, 2009

Jeseika's Dog

This is a cute, but long story. Inga has been a member of our family since early 2000. She is a full blood German Shepard, and was born Dec 29, 1999. She is especially good around children. If you are outside our yard, she looks, sounds, and acts like she will eat you up. Conversely, when you are inside the fence, she is timid, shy, and gentle. However, she is EXTREMELY protective of all children, even children just visiting. IMO, she is the perfect dog.

Jeseika was born in 2004, and she was never around any dogs. The 1st time Jeseika ever saw a dog up close was here with Inga, and she was terrified. She screamed bloody murder and shook terribly. So, Bryan and Angela worked with Jessie everytime they came over, to help her not be so scared. Visit after visit Jessie would be fine until they showed her the dog, and then she would scream and tremble. Finally, she started to chill out. One time Bryan even was able to get Jessie to pet Inga. This was the turning point. Suddenly, when Jessie came over, she would want to see Inga, and would ask where Inga was. Then it became an activity Jeseika HAD to do every time she came. She had to go see, pet, and feed Inga.

Two years ago, Jeseika started preschool. She told her classmates and teachers she had a pet dog named Inga, however, Inga stayed at her grandmother's house. So now if you ask her, she will tell you Inga is her dog!
This is a cute story already. However, the cutest part of this story is this picture. The instructions on this paper reads, "Draw a picture of things you are thankful for. Ask an older family member to label the pictures." So Jeseika drew she was thankful for the sky, wind, sun, world, trees, and much more. She drew near the bottom under her fish named Pablo and inbetween being thankful for sunflowers and Daddy that she is thankful for Inga!!!

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