On January 1st, we moved to a new house sit in Crozet, Virginia, a little over a couple of hours away from where we were in Dumfries, Virginia. It was nice to have a short trip after our long drive to get to Dumfries from our house sit in Beaufort, South Carolina. Greg left early in order to have an orientation with the homeowners before they left on their vacation at 10 am. I stayed in Dumfries, did the morning cat chores, and made sure the house looked perfect before I left sometime after lunch.
When I got to Crozet, I was pleased to meet Penny, our newest charge. And Penny was ecstatic to meet me.
Penny is a thirteen-year-old Vizsla, a Hungarian hunting dog. She loves people and her meal times. She is fed three times a day because that is when people eat. The property where she lives is a non-working farm, and she goes out to roam whenever she wants. But mostly she sleeps, often emitting a deep, raspy snore. She loves to sleep on her blanket on the couch in the office or on the rug in front of the front door where the sun shines in. She has a bed in the mudroom that connects to the kitchen, which she uses when we are out and she is locked in the kitchen, or if she wants to be near us when we are eating. In the evening, she follows us downstairs to the TV room. There, she snoozes on a mat on the couch while we watch our shows. She remains there until the morning.
She is ready for her breakfast as soon as she hears Greg come down from the second-floor guest room. She makes this known with Scooby-Doo-like vocalizations. “Rime rungry! Reed re row!” After breakfast, she visits the yard to potty. She runs outside barking, letting everyone know she is on the job…