It’s been about 10 months since our previous dog died and we had been wanting to get another Shiba Inu but they are hard to come buy if you don’t want to buy a puppy so we went to our local rescue to see what they had. Kenny went first and text me pictures of dogs he was interested in. I went later that day and when I walked through there were a number of pitbull or mixes of pitbull – those were immediately crossed off. Others were very ancy jumping up or barking – crossed those off. Then I saw one reddish dog just sitting quietly. That peaked my interest. They called her Bettyboo – a Boxer Lab mix which we later found out is called a Boxador.
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| At the shelter |
They brought her out to the greeting room so I could see how she would react and I was happy that she came right up to me and was very friendly but also reserved. I text Kenny that I thought this would be the one. A little while later Kenny came and met me at the shelter. He wasn’t as keen on her because she was timid and slinked into the room with her tail down. So we left. I had fallen for Bettyboo and was disappointed but we needed to both agree so I figured it would work out.
After thinking it over and getting input from his friends Kenny text me the next day, Thursday, that he was going to get Bettyboo (I was out with clients)
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It was interesting because the Saturday before we had found a lost dog in our neighborhood and took it home while we waited for the owner to come get her.
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| Lost dog.. |
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| Reunited with owner |
Kenny named her Princess which is we are still getting used to and I keep calling her Petra (the previous dog). She is about 9 months old and alternates between being mischievous (chewing on socks, jumping on the back of the sofa, emptying trash cans) to being very timid. Obviously she has had some trauma. We are enjoying her thoroughly and have had endless laughs and cuddles. We hope to have her as long as we did Petra.
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| Playtime at bedtime |
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| She loves her bones |
