Sara

I'm Sara a Sheephound Lab mix female dog, weighing in right now at 35lbs.  Mom and Dad is starting my age at 1 year old in October 2001 when they rescued me.  All Mom and Dad knows about me is what they know from da day they meet me when I got rescued..  Ya see Mom and Dad have this other dog named Cocoa dat was lonely after her bro went to da Bridge.  So after awhile Mom started thinking..... hummmmmmm...... time to go out searching for another dog to add to the family.  So Mom started searching and called da police station but at the time they had no dogs available.  So bouts a month went by and Mom called again.... the man said yes we have a Lab mix female dog right now.  So Mom told da man they'd be down to meet me.   Mom and Dad got to da station and der I was in dis kennel surrounded by kats.  Yup kats they're must of been at least 30 of dem in dis kennel all sizes and just me.  The guy came ober and let me outta my kennel and I was have'n a ball wif dem kats playin.  Mom and Dad thought well she seems pretty good wif all da kats.  But Mom said she really wanted a male dog but dat I was just such a good girl.  Mom played wif me a bit and I really was just being myself.  Mom told da man dey'd be back.  Next thing I knew dey we're back wif Cocoa.  I walked ober to Cocoa and we sniffed each odder and neither of us growled.  Hey I just thought, she ain't so bad but right now I'd rather chase des kats all around.  Well next thing I knew I was leaving wif dem all to start my new life.

Next day I hadda go to da vets which wasn't too bad.  Da vet took a look at my tummy and found I had some kind of skin junk all obber me.  I got some shots, medication and I was outta der.  Mom took me home and hadda bathe me wif dis special  shampoo which felt really good on me.  See I had des scabs all ober my underside dat we're sorta bothering me so actually dat bath felt pretty good.  I realized living here wasn't going to be too bad at all since not only does Cocoa live here, but two kats named Jenna and Peaches!!  Well da next day Mom and Dad hadda go to work and I didn't like dat at all.  When Mom and Dad came home they thought I pee'd in my cage cause I was all wet and left a puddle.  Mom said to Dad....dat don't look like no pee.  Heck I was just so berry glad to see Mom and Dad.  Den the next day same thing, off to work went Mom and Dad.   Well I wasn't tollerate'n being in my cage too well I'll tell you.  See I sorta didn't tell Mom and Dad when dey resecued me dat I have "separation anxiety"....opps....I wonder how that couldn't slipped my mind....hee hee!!! 

After a couple of weeks I hadda go back to da vets.  Da vet showed Mom my teeth and said....Mrs. Webb you need to work on getting Sara out of her cage.  Ya see I've been trying to chew my way outta my cage and I'll tell you....dem metal bars sure aren't easy to bite!!  So Mom took me home and had a talk wif Dad.  A couple of days went by and the day came when Mom and Dad left and I wasn't put in my cage.  When they came home....Mom took one look at me and all da stuffing around the place and said ......oh this isn't going to be easy.  Hey da way I looked at it was dat she should just be glad it wasn't da sofa I chewed up. 

Well to cut dis story short I hadda go on medication cause my anxiety was too much for me.  Mom and Dad tried keeping me out of my cage for short periods of say a few hours at a time.  I wasn't too bad at first but I started chewing up too many things so back in da cage I hadda be.  The vet and Mom agree'd  I'd be safer in the cage before I chewed up a electric cord or hurt Cocoa next.  Hey all that chewing is just the puppy in me still but those mini blinds....well their a whole nodder story!!  So I'm back in my cage and handling it da best I can.  I still drool puddles from anxiety and someday hopefully I'll like the cage.  Right now Mom is trying things to get me to accept my cage more.  See when I was outta my cage I would jump on the kitchen sink and eat whatever was left behind and pretty much chewed up whatever I felt like for the day.  Mom says the best was when she left 5 banana's on the counter thinking I wouldn't eat them.  Bahahahahahahaha I showed her cause not only did I eat dem, but I peeled em.  Yep ate all 5 banana's an just left 5 peels behind!!...pretty darn good job I think. 

I'm in school now and learning buddles of things.  I'm a pretty darn smart dog ya see and Mom says next class will be Canine Good Citzen, den on to da agility stuff.  Mom thinks I'll be great at da agility so we'll see.  Right now Cocoa and me are getting along pretty well.  We have our fights now and then over food or a toy but dats about it.  Otherwise we snooze together and play. 

Let me tell you about Cocoa.....well she just thinks every toy in dis house is hers.  Well I got a newz flash for her....it ain't!  See when I got a toy Cocoa comes and takes it from me.  Ya sure I let her cause I don't mind cause remember me tell'n you I was a smart doggie.  Well when Cocoa's standing der guarding the toy and looks away.....bammm I make my move and snag da toy back.  And when we're outside playing, well sometimes Cocoa ignores me cause all she does all da time is watch squirrels.  So's I developed dis move dat when Cocoa ignores me, I ever so slowly sneek up and pounch on her.  Yup just pounce, dat surely gets her attention. 

I already hadda spend one night in da hospital.  For some reason dis bone I ate just didn't agree wif my tummy.  But da next day wif medicine my tummy felt all better.  Oh ya I forgot to tell ya...Mom and Dad had me spayed way back and guess what....I was a good girl and neber once chewed my stitches out. 

As of a couple weeks ago Mom talked to da vet and they thought it was time to try me off da medicine for my anxiety.  Well let me tell you.......I didn't do too well.  I busted out of my cage two days in a row.  After da first day, Mom wire tied the door back up to make it was more secure. Needless to say I busted right out.  Mom thought....boy I must of really been havin a anxiety attack cause dem wire ties didn't stop me none.  I still worked that front door to fall in and out I was, free..........  So as of now I'm back on da medicine and feeling calmer again.  I don't get to stay outside long, something to do wif dat I keep jumping da fence.  Hey what can I say....... I'm very sociable and like visiting everyone. 

Well gonna go see what I can get into right now and maybe I'll go lie wif Cocoa.  I'll keep ya posted as to how my life is going. 

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