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January 6, 2003

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Jana, the Dog of the Day
Name: Jana
Age: Eight months old
Gender: Female Breed: Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Home: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
 
   Jana was born June 5, 2001. She weighed 20 pounds when she was adopted at two months old and when we had her picture taken in October she weighed 80 pounds and was five months old. Jana likes her chew toys and loves to play with her house cats, Precious and Madison. Jana is the sweetest companion I have ever had. She does not realize that she is a "d-o-g." She believes she is "people." Jana is eight months old, 85 pounds and very tall. In the mornings just a few minutes before the alarm should go off she will come lay her head on my pillow and quietly look at me until I open my eyes but once she sees I am awake then she is full of life and prances all over the room and "talks" to me. She has a basket full of squeaky toys and she is very generous with them. She likes to chew on her toys until they are sloppy wet and then she likes to put them in my lap as though she is giving me a special gift.

    Jana is extremely affectionate as are most Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs. In spite of their large size, they make wonderful house dogs and although it has been said that Swissies can be difficult to house break, Jana was very easy to train. She is typical of her breed in that she learns everything very quickly and is eager to please. She would rather be with her humans than other dogs although she is very accepting of other dogs, too.
 

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