Faithful Friends | Karen Strachan | Activity https://www.faithfulfriends.com/social/members/karen/activity/ Activity feed for Karen Strachan. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:53:20 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8a9539db41c48accc17244420cf71620 Karen Strachan posted a new activity comment https://www.faithfulfriends.com/social/activity/p/55174/#acomment-55178 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:41:32 -0600
They have gotten to be quite the pair. My son told me he is glad I have Alfie now because he started barking during the night a couple of weeks ago and my son (as I said earlier, he lives across the alley) just happened to be up and looked out his window. There was a guy trying to break in my house and Alfie scared him off as my son called the police. He sounds bigger than he is when he barks. Both my dogs only weigh 11 pounds each.
    In reply to - Karen Strachan posted an update
    I\'m finishing a new baby blanket and my furbabies are helping me. They love when I work on blankets so they can sleep underneath while I work.
    ]]>         2d18aa6353771d46c23a4d97a449f1af Karen Strachan posted a new activity comment https://www.faithfulfriends.com/social/activity/p/55164/#acomment-55175 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:34:08 -0600
    So sorry for your loss. I still miss and think about all the furbabies I have lost in my life.
      In reply to - Toni posted an update
      Just missing Rocky it has been 10 months already.🐾🐾❤️❤️💙💙
      ]]>             5ca9d6f7b1ff163ddc3a67576bacb1ab Karen Strachan posted an update https://www.faithfulfriends.com/social/activity/p/55174/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:32:52 -0600
      I\’m finishing a new baby blanket and my furbabies are helping me. They love when I work on blankets so they can sleep underneath while I work.
      ]]>       3       d243a29d0c7c51125b4ef5d25a2fd125 Karen Strachan posted an update: I have always had more than 2 pets. When my husband had […] https://www.faithfulfriends.com/social/activity/p/54970/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:11:24 -0600 I have always had more than 2 pets. When my husband had cancer, we adopted a little girl, Lily Belle. She was being trained as a service dog for my adult grandson, but because her training wasn’t complete, his landlord would not let him keep her. My dogs were all very senior so my grandson asked if we would take her. In addition to the cancer, my husband had copd and couldn’t lay in bed so slept in his lift chair. If he got up during the night, Lily would come get me (she would either sleep on his lap or on a pet bed next to his chair).

      After he passed, I kept working part-time even though I am almost 75. In the 3 years since my husband’s death, Lily was developing separation anxiety so I started looking for a companion for both of us. That is how Alfie was added to our small family. He is a rescue dog approximately 2 years old, (Lily is 5) and was dumped on the streets and badly abused (he is terrified of men and tries to bite most of them). He is now glued to me and is protective of both me and Lily. He has now accepted my son and my granddaughter’s fiancee so is getting better.

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