Anney is a gentle, kind, loving dog. Never mean nor aggressive. In fact she's never growled at any of us, ever.
Well...there have been a few times she changes into the most aggressive dog I've ever seen. A few years ago we had a new neighbor move in. They have a pit bull as their pet. The pit bull was extremely aggressive towards many of the neighbors, mailmen and UPS drivers, actually biting the mailman one day. A report was made which caused the neighbor to have to build a dog pen for this dog...made us neighbors extremely happy!!
The neighbor decided to walk the dog on a regular basis for exercise which is understandable. He would walk the dog in the utility alley behind all the homes, ours included. As the daughter was walking the pit bull that day, Anney was at our fence. I don't know what came over Anney but evidently she felt threatened and attacked the pit bull, wrestling her way through the gate. I ran screaming out there and rescued Anney from that dog. Also rescuing the daughter from being in the middle of something ugly!!
Anney didn't get hurt (uh how could she beat that pit bull up anyway)..thankfully. I had visions of the pit grabbing her by the throat and killing her!!!! I was unnerved to say the least!
Ever since that incident, Anney goes bersek after that dog when it's walked in the alley.
So I was thinking about all this.....Anney is protecting what is hers..this yard, her family from a threat...the enemy. Just like we need to protect our family, our property, our livelihood from the enemy too...the devil. The devil walks "innocently" by appearing to non threatening in our lives. We can't open the gate to let him in through habits, desires, wants, ways of living that is not pleasing to the Lord. We must keep guard at all times.
And there are times when we need to be aggressive and fight against him so he won't want to come back for awhile.
Lord let me be as aggressive as Anney is with this pit bull dog....let me have the boldness and the wisdom to recognize when I need to fight...to fight the good fight. Open my eyes to plans of the devil and with Your help defeat him so he won't get a foothold in my life!!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
So many thoughts
As Anney and I watch the reports on CNN and Fox about the Haiti earthquake, my mind reals in amazement and shock. To watch as the bodies are thrown into mass graves, I weep at the lives lost. How will the families know if their loved ones are gone, they didn't get to say goodbye and have a service for them...I cannot imagine how their hearts are grieving. I am praying for them.
I am praying for the first responders, the care givers, the doctors and nurses, the soldiers, the aid workers, the missionaries for strength of body and spirit.
I watch all this unfold and happen and wonder how far will we go before we make sure our hearts are right before the Lord before He comes. I wonder and think if CNN and Fox will be broadcasting when the days of unbelievable tragedy comes upon the earth as spoke of in Revelation..the times it says that 1/3 of the worlds population will be gone.....how close are we to those days?
I wonder as it says in the Word that the whole world will see when the two witnesses will be killed....now I see why CNN and Fox are here.
Let us pray.
I am praying for the first responders, the care givers, the doctors and nurses, the soldiers, the aid workers, the missionaries for strength of body and spirit.
I watch all this unfold and happen and wonder how far will we go before we make sure our hearts are right before the Lord before He comes. I wonder and think if CNN and Fox will be broadcasting when the days of unbelievable tragedy comes upon the earth as spoke of in Revelation..the times it says that 1/3 of the worlds population will be gone.....how close are we to those days?
I wonder as it says in the Word that the whole world will see when the two witnesses will be killed....now I see why CNN and Fox are here.
Let us pray.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
My First Blog! Wow!
Wow, this is my first blog ever!! Welcome to Anney's Land!! Let me introduce myself..actually introduce Anney. Anney is our dog of 10 years. This is her world and we are privileged to live in it...LOL!! Anney is an all American dog. Her mom was an English Springer Spaniel and her dad was a Beagle. She is black and white, weighs about 25 pounds, prematurely grey.
We got her in August of 1999. Her birthday is April 19, 1999.
We had picked up a stray chow mix that was wondering the neighborhood. My husband found the chow mix and thought she was cute, all puffy and fluffy. I'm not a fan of chows, so I thought it was best to find her another home.
Well, that opened the door to allow us to get a dog. My husband is not a dog fan but thought the boys needed a dog. We saw an ad in the paper that had free dogs..what is better than a free dog!!!
Off Matt and I went to look these dogs over!!! I had read somewhere the attributes you need to look for in a puppy. Anney was the runt (which we always would get the runt) but if she didn't have the qualities we wanted we would pick another puppy. We wanted to look for a puppy that would come to you when you called or clapped but then would run off to play, that would "submit to you" when you rolled them over to rub their bellies, to be slightly independent of the other puppies..she had them all!! She had 3 brothers left and the owner was keeping them to train for deer hunting dogs. She had her first set of shots given by the home owner, wormed and had been well cared for, so I knew she came from a good home.
She was easily house broken within a week. She has been the absolute joy of our household. She loves to chase the squirrels in the yard but doesn't kill them...which I guess is my fault. I wouldn't let her kill them when she caught them. The only thing that drives me nuts about her is the shedding...oh my goodness......lots of sweeping and vacuuming goes on here!
It's amazing how the Lord uses animals to bless a family!!!
We got her in August of 1999. Her birthday is April 19, 1999.
We had picked up a stray chow mix that was wondering the neighborhood. My husband found the chow mix and thought she was cute, all puffy and fluffy. I'm not a fan of chows, so I thought it was best to find her another home.
Well, that opened the door to allow us to get a dog. My husband is not a dog fan but thought the boys needed a dog. We saw an ad in the paper that had free dogs..what is better than a free dog!!!
Off Matt and I went to look these dogs over!!! I had read somewhere the attributes you need to look for in a puppy. Anney was the runt (which we always would get the runt) but if she didn't have the qualities we wanted we would pick another puppy. We wanted to look for a puppy that would come to you when you called or clapped but then would run off to play, that would "submit to you" when you rolled them over to rub their bellies, to be slightly independent of the other puppies..she had them all!! She had 3 brothers left and the owner was keeping them to train for deer hunting dogs. She had her first set of shots given by the home owner, wormed and had been well cared for, so I knew she came from a good home.
She was easily house broken within a week. She has been the absolute joy of our household. She loves to chase the squirrels in the yard but doesn't kill them...which I guess is my fault. I wouldn't let her kill them when she caught them. The only thing that drives me nuts about her is the shedding...oh my goodness......lots of sweeping and vacuuming goes on here!
It's amazing how the Lord uses animals to bless a family!!!
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