thursday 133-I flu the coop!!!

[Lady's Human]

Corinna, being that Lady just wandered into the bar with me this week and no one besides the Mayors know her, Let me introduce her to Thursday's.

I posted Lady's story once before, but I'll have another go at it for the thursday's crowd.

After Jen and I bought a house, I wanted a dog. Part of our deal was that after we got a house, I could get one. After looking at area puppy sales and finding nothing but the products of puppy mills and BYB's, I started looking in area shelters online. (Partially at the prodding of our mayor). One shelter was close by, so I loaded up a magic pocket, and went for a ride. When I got there, there were Dal puppies, too young to adopt, and a couple problem dogs (No kids, no cats, etc) and one scrawny black and white puppy, about 6 months old, who practically jumped out of her cage at me. I asked about her, took a leash, and we went for a "walk" (It was more of a romp, because she had NO leash manner at the time)

She glommed onto me and I asked about bringing Jen to meet her, and we filled out the adoption paperwork the same day. She was cute, about 40 lbs, and her ears were twice the size of her head, with one that folds, and one that wrinkles. We were told she was a "Lab mix", but we've since seen pics of Lab/Dal mixes, and that seems to fit the bill.

We've spent the ensuing six years curing her leash manners (they're still atrocious, but manageable), dealing with her various neuroses (don't even MENTION the word shelter around her) and cleaning up her shredded piles of Kleenex that she leaves behind to let us know she's being ignored and she's upset. She is VERY enthusiastic about everything, no half measures for this mutt. You're assumption about the face wash is correct, Corinna, once she starts she doesn't stop until you've had a proper puppy bath. She has lost weight since we moved to NY (more room to run), and she weighs about 65 lbs. She has recently acquired a "boyfriend" from the farm across the street, who she outweighs by about 20 lbs and is constantly putting him in his place.