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January 7, 2006

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Ella, the Dog of the Day
Name: Ella
Age: Seven and a half years old
Gender: Female Breed: Collie mix
Home: Ansonia, Connecticut, USA
 
   Ella is quite the prize. Someone let her go in downtown Nashville almost seven years back. She was terribly emaciated and suffering with a bad case of mange. My husband and I agreed to foster her until we could nurse her back to health and find her a home. It took her less than 48 hours for her to win over my husband. I knew she was our little girl when he called to say, "Can we keep her? I have a name for her." Then came the big news, she was pregnant. Though the vet said she would have the pups in about 30 days, she would not hear of waiting and had five miraculously health pups in two weeks time.

    Ella was a great mother and is still to the two pups we just "had" to keep. She is funny, loving, has what we call crazy spurts where she runs about the yard as fast as she can in crazy patterns and she loves walks so much she can't even sit still to get the lead around her neck.

    Ella is very loving, adores people (and attention) but also likes to just relax quietly away from it all as in this picture. Though someone else did not see her wealth, we certainly feel blessed she found us.

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