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\u00a0 Our first family dog was a female Weimaraner officially named Kevin\u2019s Miss Schultz and referred to as Schultzie.\u00a0 She was a gift from dear friends to our first son, Kevin.\u00a0 My first thought was: \u201cJust what I need, a baby and<\/span> a puppy.\u201d However, she quickly won my affection and it did not take us long to realize that Weimars really do think they are people.\u00a0 She was definitely one of the family. When Kevin started to walk, she thought she should take every step that he did.\u00a0 When he would start to fall, he would grab her.\u00a0 She would stand very still until he regained his balance. When Kevin was about two years old, we decided to have a picture made with him and Schultzie and use the picture on our Christmas cards.\u00a0 Schultzie had been obedience trained and when she was told to stay, she stayed.\u00a0 The photographer decided he wanted her sitting with Kevin beside her.\u00a0 She sat and she stayed.\u00a0 The toddler did not want to \u201cstay.\u201d\u00a0 The photographer would say, \u201cNow, don\u2019t move.\u201d\u00a0 It didn’t work.\u00a0 The boy would not stay.\u00a0 Finally, we took a break and the guy said,\u00a0 “Surely I can get a good picture.\u00a0 That dog is SO good.\u201d Schultzie also knew the meaning of the word no.\u00a0 The toddler was learning, but he was a little obstinate at times.\u00a0 One evening he was determined to get an object off the coffee table and Ken kept telling him \u201cno.\u201d\u00a0 Schultzie was sitting beside Ken taking it all in.\u00a0 Finally, Kevin gave Ken a defiant look and grabbed for the object.\u00a0 Ken raised his arm to administer a little love tap. \u00a0Schultzie grabbed his arm in midair.\u00a0 She never bit him, just used her soft bird dog mouth to stop him.\u00a0 When he turned to her, she gave him an \u201coops\u201d look, and released his arm.\u00a0 She was just taking care of her baby. She continued to be protective of Kevin as he grew older.\u00a0 When he was about 4 years old, he went with Ken to feed the cattle at the farm west of Abilene.\u00a0 Kevin and Schultzie were running around while Ken fed.\u00a0 When Schultzie kept barking,\u00a0 Ken\u00a0 looked and saw her leap to the side.\u00a0 He looked again and realized that she was between Kevin and a rattlesnake.\u00a0 She would crouch, and as the snake struck, she would jump to the side.\u00a0 The snake would recoil and strike again, she would again jump to the side.\u00a0 Kevin was about ten feet from her watching it all.\u00a0 Ken believes to this day that she knew exactly what she was doing in keeping the snake away from Kevin. Schultzie liked\u00a0green tomatoes.\u00a0 Ken had a garden outside the fenced area of the back yard.\u00a0 He left the back gate open whenever he worked in his garden.\u00a0 Schultzie was usually right with him.\u00a0 He kept complaining that his tomatoes would get almost ripe and then disappear.\u00a0 He thought that there was a tomato thief getting them. I was watching her one afternoon and saw her get a tomato and take it behind her dog house.\u00a0 She quickly went for another one.\u00a0 Yep, she was the tomato thief.\u00a0 She would stockpile them behind her dog house, then lay down and enjoy them. Schultzie was large enough that children often wanted to ride her.\u00a0 She would indulge them just so long.\u00a0 When she got tired of the game, she would sit very straight and wait until they got close to her.\u00a0 Then she would raise one front leg and whack them with her paw. \u00a0She was large enough and strong enough to shove them back. She lived a long life and made the move with us to Tucson when Kevin was eight years old and she had two more children to watch, Charles and Cynthia. We all loved the desert.\u00a0\u00a0 We often took a picnic supper into the desert to watch the sunset. \u00a0She went on all outings. \u00a0In those days, you could drive into Sabino Canyon (now closed to traffic). \u00a0 She and the children played in the water and climbed over the rocks.\u00a0\u00a0 She enjoyed riding in\u00a0our jeep down the washes, up into the mountains, over the rocks,\u00a0and wherever we explored. \u00a0 She lived her life\u00a0in Tucson\u00a0and we buried her in the desert.\u00a0 I cried more than the children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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