Devotion | Dog Portrait by Rebecca Zook

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This is Floyd. Floyd has a girlfriend that lives across the street. Her name is Daisy and she is a stunning Australian Shepherd. I’d call them star-crossed lovers separated by fences and the COVID stay-at-home order, but in reality, she won’t give him the time of day. He sits starry eyed at the front of our fence just hoping to catch a glimpse of her.

Before we knew the new neighbors had an Aussie and Aussie puppy, Daisy ran up to my husband when he arrived home from work and lay down at his feet. It was cold, rainy and she didn’t have a collar, so naturally we brought her inside. At the time, Floyd had wanted nothing to do with our new adoptee puppy, Ziggy, and avoided him like the plague to come, extreme social distancing, but Daisy was different. It was true love at least from his perspective. Daisy was utterly indifferent to Floyd's gentle nudges, invitations to bound around the yard or a walk under the moonlight. She spent the night with us and as I was on my way the next morning to check her for a microchip, I thought I ought to ask the neighbors just in case. She was theirs and ever since Floyd has been vying for her attention at every turn. He's a young, vibrant, handsome, albeit neutered, male and if she can't see his ability to love deeply then she doesn't deserve his loyalty. If only I could convince him of that.

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Floyd is another shelter rescue. This time from Breckenridge, TX. Thanks to Judith C. Olsson Smith who shared a post with me knowing at the time we had recently lost an Australian Shepherd to cancer.

Devotion

8x6 | Acrylic on Panel

You see it every day in their eyes. Love and trust. Devoted to their human, a dog is a gift from the heavens. One we probably don’t deserve. Service dog, working dog or lap dog, all with the same goal. To please you. 

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