I adopted Winnie during a 4th of July weekend 2013 in Tucson at a Petsmart Adoption event from the Tucson Humane Society. I knew the shelters were overcrowded and heard about the adoption event. I really wanted a 2- or 3-year-old dog to keep my other dog, Daisy company. At lunch I drove over to take a look around. There were puppies! I asked to pick up the tan one, and fell in LOVE.
I told them I would come back after work to pick her up. And she was FREE. I went back to work, took a half day, and went to get her. It was total chaos for a year. Chewed sofas, ruined carpet, aching back as she pulled me on every walk. Winnie and Daisy.
The best moments with Winnie happened after moving to Colorado; she learned to swim and run free on trails. It gave me so much joy to watch her swim and run free on hiking trails, after the Tucson desert.
In 2017 we all moved back to New Hampshire. After Daisy died, Winnie and I started hiking in the White Mountains, in the fall and then into winter. In total, Winnie bagged 10 4,000 footers in New Hampshire.
I adopted sweet Goldie-dog right before the pandemic and the three of us hiked together on the trails on Concord, NH.
In 2022 we moved to Tennessee and finally bought a house with a yard for Winnie to soak in the sun, dig and watch the world.
I think Winnie loved the years she was an only dog. But she also loved every dog in the pack. As she slowed down, she loved looking out the window to watch the Fed Ex truck and kids riding bikes and critters passing in front of the house; and bark at them like all the other dogs.
9/9/2018 – Winnie bags her first 4,000 footer, Hale
September 2018 – Mount Eisenhower, NH:
November 2019 Winnie and Goldie – Moosilauke, NH
She spent her final days with her brother Chet, and sister Goldie. She swam in the Little Pigeon River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and drove around Gatlinburg with her head out the car window.
Thank you to the great staff at the Sevier County Humane Society for your kindness and care today.
The best dog in the world.
Winnie Stats:
Total Road Trips: 3 Tucson to Colorado, Colorado to New Hampshire, New Hampshire to Tennessee
States Lived: 4 Arizona, Colorado, New Hampshire and Tennessee
Houses: 8 (Tucson apartment, Hot Sulphur house, Tabernash house, Rye house, Concord apartment, Gatlinburg cabin, Gatlinburg apartment, Sevierville house)