By ASHLEY STREHL
Feature Editor
An animal, a best friend, a sister, and a place in a young woman’s heart, these are the qualities of a 10-year-old corgi in Northwest Oklahoma.
Lucy-lou Wilkinson is the blonde-haired, white bellied corgi owned by NWOSU Sophomore elementary education major Marisa Wilkinson from Buffalo.
On a beautiful night, friends of the Wilkinson’s were moving into an apartment that didn’t allow pets. Marisa was only 13 at the time, “Ever since then it’s been perfect, she fit in perfectly.” Wilkinson said.
Lucy likes marshmallows, chasing squirrels, attention, car rides, sports, and playing with the neighborhood fox. She hates the cow dogs, Dax and Russ, baths, and bananas. “Whenever my siblings or I were sick, she was always by our side,” Wilkinson said.
She is also very smart and talented, Lucy knows how to play dead, and sit. “She’s like me, but in dog form,” Wilkinson said. Lucy is also a very talented cow dog. “Everyone should get a Corgi, they are full of personality.” Wilkinson said.
“She thinks she owns Buffalo, wherever she wants to go, she’s invited, she goes to the bank and they hand her dog treats out the window,” Wilkinson said, “When she misses her sisters, she walks to the school and visits them.”
Through the ups and downs, a good dog will always love you just the same; they love you for who you are in the beginning, to who you become in the end. “I wish I was the person Lucy thought I was, because in her eyes, I can do no wrong,” Wilkinson said. “Lucy has provided me with so much emotional support.”
Lucy is a dog that warms a person’s heart and inspires them to be kind and accepting. “She’s so much fun and has given my family and I a new meaning to life,” Wilkinson said.