Rannie

"I'm not fat, I've just got a little head...." She's been telling us this for years, we're not so sure we believe her (and she has packed on two extra pounds since last year). Rannie (originally Roxanne) is a beagle mix who's history starts in 2003 when she, as a puppy less than a year old, was hanging around the men's dorms at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, TN. That was the life, and she probably would have been fine there, if dogs were actually allowed at the men's dorms at TN Tech. Rannie was on her way to animal control when my son's then girlfriend brought her home to our son to live with Rosco. Young Rannie was a lunatic. She buried bones in the couch, got on the kitchen counter and ate the rubber garbage disposer guards out of the sink, jumped fences, got on the pool table and put the balls on the patio, played Rosco into exhaustion and generally ran everyone around her ragged. This went on for about two years and then she calmed down and began to act like a civilized dog - most of the time. 
Rannie's favorite place to sleep is on the back of Michael's chair when he's in it or between Michael's  pillow and the wall when Michael is sleeping. She's a guy's dog....probably because of her start in the men's dorms.

Rannie loves to lay on her back. She doesn't care where she is....here is one of my favorite videos. Ginger can't figure out what Rannie is doing.

Eating is Rannie's favorite pastime and she would get a lot plumper if we let her. She's a sweetie now and likes her pets and belly rubbed. Thank goodness her puppy years are far behind her.....

Rannie and Freedom 2008

she has a beautiful smile

Rannie with Rosco