07/18/2024
It's THROWBACK THURSDAY! This is a picture was taken in 1975 of Susan Raye and my first dog, Pup at a house on Hamilton Road. I think the house is still there, but there's a 6 ft wooden fence around it now. Susan came here to film the song "What Ya Gonna Do With a Dog Like That" for Hee Haw (if I remember correctly). She needed a dog for the clip, so we volunteered Pup. I don't know how many of you remember Pup, but he was half collie and half basset hound, so he looked a lot like a corgie. He was the car-chasin'ist dog I've ever seen...man, could those short little legs move! I remember him chasing a car on Upper Applegate toward Hamilton Rd. When the car got out of his reach, he started to cross the road back to us and a car coming the other way hit him. He was laying in the middle of the road and I yelled at him "Pup, get up!" and he did! Unfortunately, he ended up dying in our fire in 1979. I sure loved that dog!