Readers respond with ‘smiling’ pet photos

Dear Readers: Recently, we asked you, our readers, to send in photos of your “smiling” pets. Boy, did you respond! We thought we would share some of them:

•Donna Snook of Fort Wayne, Ind., sent a photo of her granddog, Marley. She is a 5-year-old standard poodle. Donna says, “You can tell by her smile that she was happy to see me!” Marley is a unique-colored poodle with a fancy hairdo!

•Vivian Price of Cleveland, Tenn., sent a photo of her dog, Raleigh Price. She is a 4-year-old Maltese and cute as a button.

•Kim Abbato of Brick, N.J., sent a photo of her dog, Miley. She is a miniature dachshund. Kim says, “Miley is so cute, and she uses it to get away with her favorite chewy — mom’s good shoes!”

•David Weick of Fort Wayne, Ind., sent a photo of his dog, Hunter. He is a 3-year-old golden retriever.

•Barbara and Bill Northerner of Brick, N.J., sent a photo of their dog, Arlee Montana Northerner. He is a 2 1‚Ñ2-year-old Newfoundland that weighs 184 pounds!

•Jim McLean of Leesburg, Ind., sent a photo of his dog, Sam. He is a 1-year-old Brittany retrieving his first bird. Jim says: “Before sending the enclosed photo, I looked up the definition of smiling in the dictionary. It read: ‘To assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, by an upturning of the corners of the mouth and usually accompanied, especially in indicating pleasure, by a brightening of the face and eyes.’ I hope that you can see the real smile on Sam’s face in this photo as he is enjoying what he was bred to do.”

•Donna Colburn of Kendallville, Ind., sent a photo of her cat, Spike. He is a 10-year-old domestic tiger-striped cat. Donna says, “If a cat could smile, this little guy shows it in his big, expressive eyes.”

Thanks to all the readers who took the time to drop us a photo. You can see all of the above-mentioned pets on my Web site, www.Heloise.com, by clicking on “Pets,” then checking out “Pet of the Week.” Heloise

Dear Heloise: When I walk my dog through my neighborhood, we have to walk in the roadway because there are no sidewalks. I didn’t like it when cars went by, and they had a tendency to spook my little Peso. So, now when a car is coming (we don’t have a lot of traffic on the road), we step over the curb and onto a yard and wait until the car goes by. Peso has learned to be leery of cars, and I can’t help but think that is a good thing. K.M., New Braunfels, Texas

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