The gentle love of Maggie.....

Maggie wakes me in the morning

gently blowing her warm breath on my face

when relaxing at night she plonks her hindquarters on my knees

with both back feet off the ground she sits on my lap

waiting to have her ears scratched

As I write this she is lying beside me with her head 

resting against my leg

When we come home she is first to the gate and she gently bumps 

her head against your side and gives a rub

Babies and very small children are her first love

as she gently lowers herself to their height

and rests a head on a small shoulder and gives a great sigh

as if this is who she was meant to protect

she has gifted us with four phantom pregnancies and

 we must pay proper attention to each of the carefully

selected babies as they are washed, cuddled and cared for 

for 6 long weeks, then each is returned to its proper 

place in the toy box, until next time!

If someone looks threatening to her family she

goes from gentle giant to 

snarling fury and 

God help them if they were to make a threatening move.

She play fights with Souk for hours and there is lots of growling

very large bared and snapping teeth

but when they stop there is not even a damp mark on Souk.

They run together over the paddocks and the sight of two

sight hounds at full tilt is magnificent to watch

For not quite 5 years Maggie has been

 a warm, gentle, affectionate,

intelligent member of our family

Not always the most obedient, 

but at least she does give our commands

her full attention before she decides what she is going to do!

and a few times today I have wondered if living with Maggie

is worth the anguish

as we sit waiting for the results of the biopsy

I know the answer is 

yes

But tonight it is so hard to think positively.

Goodnight