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| Name: |
Azalea
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Age: |
Three years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Malamute, Samoyed |
| Home: |
Massachusetts, USA |
Azalea
is my dog, she is half Alaskan Malamute and half Samoyed. Azalea's
truest talent is making everyone around her happy. She loves to snuggle
and can be very determined when she wants one, such as climbing onto the
couch and resting her head on our shoulders. Azalea is therapeutic as
well; when my husband or I are in bad moods, just sitting with her calms
us down. When we took a trip to New York City, people kept stopping us to
ask if they could take her picture or have us take a picture of them with
her because she's so sweet and beautiful.
Azalea can be really funny in her ways too. On the few occasions she is
bad (e.g., eating dog treats off the table, as she knows better than
that!), she slinks to a corner to punish herself for a few minutes.
Alternatively, she sheepishly leaves the room and then bounds in from a
different entrance, as if saying, "Whoa, who was that guy? That wasn't me,
it must have been my evil twin!"
Funnily enough, Azalea's tongue is either too large for her mouth or her
teeth are too tiny, because sometimes her tongue will be hanging out even
when her mouth is completely closed! That always gets a laugh from everyone.
Azalea comes over to comfort me when I'm sad. She keeps me company when I
cook, and not because she wants food, but because she wants to be near me.
Her favorite food is kibble, followed by ruby red grapefruit (although she
rarely gets that). Even though Azalea is 106 pounds, she still thinks
she's tiny and has to pause and gather her wits before jumping out of the
car. We have two steps that lead to a landing in our garage; while our
other dog leaps up and down from the landing, Azalea is ever the lady and
has to daintily walk up each step. Azalea's best trick is "fist bump" -
when you hold out your fist, she bumps her nose against it. She also is
extremely good at "paw" and volunteers her paw all the time (maybe a
little too much), and also knows "high five". She is capable of "stay",
but it's really not her favorite because she likes to be close to people.
In fact, if you kneel down and call her over, she only stops when she's
literally half an inch from your nose!
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