Verdell

This is a picture of Harley Verdell Yarbrough. He is 4 weeks old in this picture. He was born on October 27, 2004, in Big Spring , Texas.   His Mothers name was Porsha, and his fathers name was Hercules.  We brought him home on November 27, 2004.

That is when the adventure began.

Verdell is a wonderful creature.  He will be 7 years old this year. Wow, they grow up so fast.

 He is a joy and a mess. 

 He was easy to train and never pees or poos in the house, and he understands a lot of what I say.  I saw a video of a dog on TV that can understand 1200 words.

  That is no surprise to me. 

 Through out my life, I have had many dogs, and a few have been very smart. A few have been very stupid. Most are just average dogs.

 Dogs are no different from we are. You get out of something exactly what you put into it and expect out of it.

 Well, most of the time. 

  At any time, things could always go nuts. Robbers, earthquakes, fires, famine, death.

  All sorts of things.

 You know, you live here too.

Verdell woke me up around 6:30 this am. He puts his nose right in my face and has a smile on that big ole nose. He is so pretty.  He still has those 3 freckles on each side of his nose.

 Justin has a few days off, so he didn't get up at 4:10 a.m. like he usually does. He lets Verdell and Spur (our 12 year old blue healer who is deaf) outside to pee.  By 6:30, Verdell has waited as long as he wants. He trots around and is always looking back to make sure I haven't detoured. 

It has been record setting cold but Verdell loves it.  He doesn't want to come in the house all day.  He loves it outside.  

The White German Shepard has been added as a recognized breed by the group that does such things.  

  He should be in the movies!

He can sing too!