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November 10, 2004

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Darja, the Dog of the Day
Name: Darja
Age: Four years old
Gender: Female Breed: Finnish Lapphund
Home: Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
 
   Darja is a special girl because she always makes me happy. Just looking at her makes me smile. It may sound strange, but I can talk to her about anything and I know she's the only one who can really keep all my secrets and that makes her very special - at least I think so.

    The picture I choose is from our country house, Darja has very thick fur so she likes the shadows (and the water).

    Darja knows following tricks: Give-me-five, crawl, bark on command, roll-over and the usual sit, lie, stay and come when I say her name.

    Darjas favorite game is hide and seek. I hide somewhere in our house (or outside) and she finds me - most of the time. She's not very good at hiding though! Darja loves to cuddle. Every night when I'm going to bed, Darja jumps up in my bed and we sleep side-by-side the whole night. Except in the summer, then she sleeps on the floor because it's too warm in my bed. She's very affectionate, for example if I'm watching TV she wants to lie next to me in the sofa. Right now, when I'm writing this email, she's sleeping under my chair.

    In the winter Darja loves to jump around in the snow, because of the thick fur. And in the summer she loves to swim, she can swim around for half an hour easy... also because of her fur. When we go for a walk she never wears a leash because I think that she should have as much "freedom" and exercise as possible. She has many dog friends and her best fiends are a german shepherd (Challe) and a adopted dog from spain (Grace) no one knows what breed she is. If I would describe Darja with only one word it would be "happy" she's always happy and in a good mood. Darjas favourite toy is a "Plush Puppy" that my aunt (who lives in London) gave her for her birthday last year. She plays with it everyday and sometimes when she's sleeping she use it as a pillow... She is my princess.

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