This is Annie, a rescue from a Minnesota shelter. This is the picture the shelter posted on their website and the one that stole my heart immediately. I went out on a financial limb and it took several paychecks to recover but it was very worth it. Annie is a 1-1/2-year-old, 7-pound papi-poo and quite a little character. She's very smart, too. She was with my mom one afternoon when my son, Andrew, called from Alaska. Annie barked for attention but was not getting the results she wanted. Her eyes followed the phone cord from the wall to Mom's ear and then she bite the cord right in the middle. Now I have to buy a new cord.
Annie is a very active dog. She needs lots of attention and exercise. Her favorite game is fetch. And when she plays, she teases. If there is more than one person, she alternates throwers. She also likes to put the ball down out of reach and bark til I, or someone, picks it up and throws it again. If I persist, she will pick it up and bring it closer. I love fetch. However, it seems to take a LOT of fetch to wear her out. This spring, I'm taking her to obedience training. When she came here, she knew "sit". Now she knows "down". I'm working on "shake" and "sit pretty". I want her to earn a Canine Good Citizen certificate and go into therapy. In the mean time, I am going to start teaching her agility. This is the kind of thing she needs to wear her out! And I need to lose a few pounds too! There are a few things I can use around here to start until we get the equipment built. By then she will have learned enough to start putting it into practice.
I am starting Annie's blog to show how great shelter dogs can be. It's the first place I go when I want to adopt any kind of animal. It may not always work out but it's a great place to start for a great pet. Tortoises and rabbits will be my next shelter adoptees. For now, I'm having a great time with Annie. And this is her journey.
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