Stroller – Leonberger Life

Today is Daisy’s fifteenth birthday. She is indeed a little old lady. She spent her first 12 years with her big brother, our Leonberger Bronco. Bronco saved her life one time, when a very aggressive lose German Shepherd attacked us and went after Daisy. Bronco stepped in between and saved her life. She also grew up with a Labrador, Baylor, a German Shepherd, Baby, a Japanese Chin, Ryu, and now Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd. Everyone loved her and wanted to protect her. We no longer have Bronco, but we still have Daisy and Rollo.

Bronco our Leonberger dog and Daisy pur Pug is on our leather sofa. Daisy is walking past Bronco. — Bronco and Daisy in our leather sofa. Daisy decided that Bronco was taking up too much room and moved.

Today we visited my wife Claudia’s parents where we celebrated Daisy’s birthday. We sang Happy Birthday to Daisy. Daisy and Rollo ate pupcakes and hot dogs.Today we visited my wife Claudia’s parents where we celebrated Daisy’s birthday. We sang Happy Birthday to Daisy. Daisy and Rollo ate pupcakes and hot dogs.

Below are some photos from today’s celebrations.

Our Pug Daisy is sitting in Claudia's lap while Claudia is feeding her pupcake and hot dogs. — Daisy sitting in Claudia’s lap eating some pupcake.

Daisy our Pug is sitting in Claudia’s lap. Claudia is feeding her pupcake. — Daisy sitting in Claudia’s lap.

Our Pug Daisy is sitting in Claudia's lap while looking up at her. — Daisy in Claudia’s lap.

A family photo. We are singing Happy Birthday to Daisy. Claudia’s mom is on the left holding our Pug Daisy. Claudia's dad is on the right holding our mini-Australian Shepherd Rollo. They are both sitting. Claudia is standing up in the middle. — We are singing Happy Birthday to Daisy. Claudia’s parents are sitting. Claudia is standing up.

Below are some photos from previous birthdays

The picture below has a story to it. We were celebrating Daisy’s 13^th birthday and we had visitors from Los Angeles who came with their dog Oslo. Unfortunately, Rollo had not been socialized well when he was little (our fault) so he does not like dogs he does not know. Oslo came over to me and I made the mistake of petting him, which prompted Rollo to attack Oslo. We handled the situation, but it was an unpleasant surprise. I guess in his mind, I committed petimony. “You shall not pet any other dogs but me, well Daisy is OK”. We tried telling Rollo to behave but Oslo was obviously afraid of Rollo. Later, when the dogs were sitting around the table eating their pupcakes, Rollo was growling at Oslo who just looked away.

Three dogs around the table, celebrating Daisy's birthday. From the left to right, Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd, Daisy our Pug, and then Oslo a mixed breed. — Daisy is telling Rollo to behave.

Daisy our Pug is in the middle of the picture. She has a blue hat on. Bronco our Leonberger is on the right. — This photo is from Daisy’s 11^th birthday. Bronco was celebrating with Daisy. We did not yet have Rollo.

Below are some other photos featuring Daisy

Daisy our Pug hanging her paws over the sofa — Daisy after an exhausting day of doing nothing.

Daisy our Pug is laying on her back sun bathing — Daisy loves sunbathing. She lays out in the hot sun and soaks in the sun rays.

Daisy is old and has arthritis so when we walk the dogs, we let her sit in a stroller. In this photo we are outside and she is sitting in the stroller. — Daisy is old and has arthritis so when we walk the dogs, we let her sit in a stroller. We lift her out so she can sniff.

Daisy our Pug wearing a nurse hat — Daisy as a nurse, helping to nurse Bronco back after a toe amputation.

Daisy our Pug and Bronco our Leonberger are standing in the kitchen and they are sharing a smashed gingerbread house. — Daisy and Bronco sharing a gingerbread house that Bronco grabbed.

Photo of our Japanese Chin Ryu and our Pug Daisy sitting in our red suitcase. — We are going on a vacation, but Ryu and Daisy didn’t like that. This is their protest.

Daisy our Pug and Rollo our mini-Australian Shepherd are standing on the sofa and barking out the window. The joke goes:
- Daisy: Rollo do you want to hear a joke?
- Rollo: OK
- Daisy: Knock! knock!
- Rollo: Woof! Woof! Woof!
- Daisy: Woof! Woof! Wooof! — Daisy’s and Rollo’s knock knock joke

I don’t think there are any pet strollers that could accommodate a grown Leonberger, but there are certainly pet strollers that accommodate pugs and mini-Australian shepherds. We bought a stroller, for our old pug Daisy. She’s got arthritis and in addition she easily get tired. Our mini-Australian shepherd Rollo frequently wants to sit in the stroller too but not because he is tired, its because he heard a strange sound and feels safer in the stroller.

Left: Wolf who is not sitting in a stroller. Right: Rollo sitting in Daisy’s stroller. The photo contains text.

Text on the left: Canis Lupus, the grey wolf is a fearsome and courageous hunter in nature.

Text on the right: Canis Lupus familiaris, the dog, a close relative to the grey wolf, is sometimes less brave. This specimen prefers to sit in a stroller when he hears strange sounds. — Left: Wolf who is not sitting in a stroller. Right: Rollo sitting in Daisy’s stroller.

This morning our stroller broke. The front wheel suddenly caved, and the stroller took a nosedive with Daisy in it. Daisy slid from the back of the stroller to the front but luckily, she did not fall out. She was fine. Rollo, who was watching the misadventure, was not fine. Seeing the stroller capsizing with Daisy in it really scared him and he let out a scream, eeeeek!

Photo of a pug (Daisy) in a pet stroller — Daisy in her stroller at a time when the stroller was in better shape

I left the broken stroller on the sidewalk and walked home with the dogs, carrying Daisy part of the way. After I dropped off the dogs, I took my car and returned to where I left the stroller to pick it up. However, it was gone. Who would steal a broken stroller? I had been gone for maybe 15 minutes. I had also left a bag of dog feces in the stroller basket. I always pick up after my dogs. So, I don’t think the stroller thief got a good deal.