Chance = Change

.....the sweetest little bundle of fur , snoozing peacefully, the essence of cuddling cuteness:
SALLY BARON YONKA!!!!! The spirit of a lioness, in the small, supple, warm body of the prettiest mini- dachshund ever born! Dewy emotional eyes, dark brown, begging for food, begging for love, begging for petting all over...she is a cuddle-bunny of desire...deeply jealous of Peter, and in fact, purloins my place by his side in bed all the time...as far as she's concerned, I'm the one who's intruding....she lays on her furry back, exposing her soft, pink tummy to the lips and finger tips of all who wish to adore her...she lays her soft throat down on Peter's mouth, in an act of total submission, and simply lays there, covering his lips with her throat...he hums into her and she loves it....she hates walking on concrete, and wet grass...in fact wet surfaces freak her out,and she picks up her delicate paws like she is being asked to walk on crushed glass...but once we take off her leash and halter and let her roam free Upstate, she turns into the wild and crazy forest monk whose soul she possesses, and nothing seems to bother her anymore....she crosses ledges of rock over streams...she pounces into deep dark woods in chase of a deer she spots...she skims over the meadows ,feet barely touching ground, as her ears fly behind her with free joy...she becomes fearless....another dog...a wild and crazy thing. I love her like that.

I named her Sally after my dear Momma, who had passed away shortly before we received the dogs as a gift from Paul....i wanted to name her Sally because I knew how much my mother loved our dogs we had before (Claudio and Isabelle), and I knew that if I named her Sally, I would say my mother's name many times throughout a day..and of course I do exactly that...we also share a fresh cup of coffee every morning, Sally and I, much the same way my mom and I would during our regular phone calls between Chicago and NYC...or wherever else I was...oddly, Sally the pup adores coffee...so did my Mom...so, I am reasonably convinced that my Momma's soul is somehow aware that she and I are communing through this adorable dog's love of caffeine...at least I hope so.....I miss Momma everyday...and I love Sally so much...somehow, these two facts work together well....So Sally and Cyrano: our two "kids"...

Doggies with souls as deep as love can go. Our family.