No ordinary dog!


Wylee

Wylee has many stories and our favorite for this on the go pup happened while we were living in Texas. We had just moved into a small subdivision called, “Royal Forest”. It was literally a forest of very high thick trees that had roads carved out with little patches carved out just wide enough to place a small home. You could not see beyond the trees unless you were looking straight down a neighborhood street or straight up in the air. This took awhile for us to get used to. The nights were so muggy and hot because the breeze could not get past the trees. Many residents would take walks or golf cart rides after dark and there was an intense smell of the woods, BBQ and bug spray all around. Steve and I decided to take walks in the evenings too with Wylee right along side of us. Now this is when it gets interesting. While taking one of our walks several people passing by waved hi, to Wylee! LOL! We did not know them but, apparently our mischievous pup did. See, Wylee has a tag on with his name and our numbers (A big tag) because Wylee jumps 6-foot fences in a single bound at least he used too. So, we had this tag on him but, in Texas where we moved, no fences. However, he learned to sneak out DIRECTLY behind you with out you even knowing he was out. Then he'd come back and either walk in with someone, lay on the porch in the chair or scratch at the door. We did our best but this guy is stealth by definition even with a big loud tag. While walking this fine hot night two little older ladies from a couple of doors down started waving eagerly from their front porch. The same two ladies who had previously expressed their displeasure with Wylee’s getting free due to their abundance of cats, now waved and squealed, “Oh Wylee you can come by anytime! Oh! Hi Wylee! What a sweet dog he is”. Oh my goodness I’m laughing just recounting this scene. Steve and I were completely bewildered by the whole thing. What was this guy doing? Little by little we started speaking with these new neighbors and meeting people because of our sneaky little guy. We started hearing stories of how he would get their dog to play when no other dogs could or how he would walk up to their garage and sit and stare. The common story was, "he is so good we had to give him a treat!" Haha! Yeah, so good my foot. He knows how to work everyone that’s all. He had his routes all figured out and who was home when and often jumped right out of Steve’s truck when they got back from work and would take off for 30 minutes to make his rounds.
Meet Wylee our Rat Terrier who is now 9 years old. He has traveled all over the U.S. and lived in three states so far. We rescued him in 2010 at 4 months old. If you know anything about Rat terriers you know how curious and social, they are. Well, this holds especially true for this little pup. Ratties as many owners affectionately call them are a mix of Fiest, Fox Terrier and Italian Greyhound mostly and of course known for catching vermin as I have witnessed with the 3 we have had. However amazing this all seems the best thing about Rat Terriers is their ability to be active and playful or calm depending on the family and house hold moods. We have had 3 Ratties and all wonderful.
     One day the two ladies a few doors down who rarely left their home at all showed up at our door. They were apparently worried because Wylee hadn’t come by to visit for a few days. It was so cute. I just explained he was leaving early with Steve and getting back late from work so we had been trying to keep him from making his rounds. When we moved a year later the sweet ladies came by with tears in their eyes (for Wylee) after seeing the moving truck. “Is Wylee moving?” they asked. I tried hard not to laugh because most people would ask if the person living in the home was moving, but then again, we told the kids this was their brother. Wylee had made quite an impression on that neighborhood with many more stories and many neighbors stated they were going to miss him and their pets would too.
Ratties are amazing!

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