Bourbon (Bourbie) was Louise and Fred’s dog, a very cute Shelty mixed with Golden Retriever that they got shortly after arriving back in Virginia in 1976.
Louise doted on Bourbie, putting weights on her ears as a puppy so they would bend just so, and squirting her with perfume most days.
Bourbie was a great dog to play with. Here are a few shots of us with her later in the year across the street from the Fisher’s townhouse, a vacant lot that would shortly become a big AT&T building.
Another outing to the field across the street from the Fishers, probably in autumn 1977.
Working on a bone. Lucky pup.
Some shots from spring 1978, more or less.
Barb was a very serious pumpkin carver for a number of years. Bourbie got in on the act in 1978.
Glamour shots from about the same time in 1978. She was the best.
Meeting new kitten, Bert, in 1982.
In the snow, February 1983.
Halloween 1985 masked pumpkin, and Thanksgiving with Betsy and Fred.
Christmas 1985, proud to wear the deely bobbers.
I don’t have a specific date when Bourbie passed away. We have pictures of her through the summer of 1987, and I think she passed around the time Louise did in early 1988. We tried getting Fred a new kitten, Humphrey, in spring of 1988 and I don’t think Bourbie was around at that time. Bourbie was a terrific little dog and a sweet soul.
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