My name is Clara I will be 45 (URGH!!!) this summer. I am owned by 2 dogs and 1 cat.

Leo (2 1/2 yrs old) is a Rott/Chow mix I got from the SPCA about 2 years ago after my Buster(Lab) passed from bone cancer. He is a sweetie pie, but stubborn as all get out. I love him to death though. He had some behavioral problems but 2 years, 2 obedience classes, and numerous training books later - he is a doll.

Penny Lane (6 or 7yrs) is a small GSD mix who was a stray I just adopted from the Buffalo Animal Shelter (where I do volunteer work). She is very timid with people, but very alpha with other dogs. She is crazy about Leo though. She has some health problems, but we are dealing with those now. Nothing major - she has low protein levels in her blood (doc thinks it is nutrition related), and she has trouble with bladder control. So my house is now covered rubber backed rugs and plastic.

Sam (5yrs) is a DSH who I inherited from my mother when she got very ill and had to go into a nursing home.

I work as an implementation specialist - which is a fancy way of saying I take my companies software and tweek it to fit customers needs. I just bought a house with a huge back yard just for the dogs. I know its pretty pathetic to buy a house for your dogs, but what can I say - I'M HOOKED ON MY DOGS.