For you Lilly the Shepherd fans out there, here are several short films Mr. Cracker took of her at the park today, with Shiloh in a supporting role.
It was pretty windy out, so you might want to turn down your sound, and yes, I know, the last film is very sad. If it's too distressing, I'll take it down.
UPDATE:
Lilly's now a member of the famous Cassie's Three-Legged Dog Club, soon to be celebrating ten years online. Woot!
UPDATE II:
And thanks for the letters, y'all. I've spent the whole morning answering Lilly's fan mail.
I think it'd be "sad" if she'd resigned herself to failure. But she said "hell no, I'm gettin' up there, by God."
Posted by: ArklahomBoy at July 27, 2005 07:20 PMShe's no quitter.
The normal procedure is Mr. Cracker lays his arm down across the doorway and she grabs it with her front paws and uses it for traction, but here he's holding the camera.
Donnah--Miss Lilly is FAT now!! No wonder she can't jump into the van, poor baby...you've stuffed her to the gills! LMAO
Seriously, I bet she gets some help with that jumping into the van stuff, don't she? ;-)
And I take it since he is now shooting movies of her instead of wanting to shoot at her, that Mr. Cracker and Lilly have bonded?
Posted by: Amy at July 28, 2005 09:05 AMUnfortunately for me, I wasn't able to open the files ("MOV" extension, my media players couldn't view them...)...sorry to have missed Ms. Lilly in all her newfound fatness!
Are you still planning on buying her one of those wheely-walkers?
Posted by: -S- at July 28, 2005 09:30 AMShe looks pretty good now, doesn't she? From the waist up, she looks like a regular Shepherd.
Yes, of course she gets help getting into the van. I included that film because it most clearly shows the state of her hindquarters. She's not a normal, speedy 3-legged dog. That whole back end is a mess.
Indeed, Mr. Cracker has bonded with her. Dogs have a way of working their way into your heart.
Posted by: Donnah at July 28, 2005 09:34 AMIt's in Quicktime, S. The camera records everything in that, and you'll have to have it on computer to view the films. You should be able to download it here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
Yes, I want to get her wheels for outside. When I took the measuring form to Mr. Cracker, he wanted to wait. I'll have to decide whether I want to push it.
Posted by: Donnah at July 28, 2005 09:39 AMBTW, Lilly is NOT fat. Shepherd's have two fur coats and big, deep chests!
Posted by: Donnah at July 28, 2005 11:24 AMI'm surprised the beagle doesn't knock her over.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at July 28, 2005 12:56 PMYou'd think, but Lilly is the dominant dog through force of personality. She's the one with the will to lead.
In the second clip, she can't beat Shiloh fairly in a race to the Master, so she heads her off and bites her ear instead.