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April 9, 2001

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Gabby, the Dog of the Day
Name: Gabby
Age: One year old
Gender: Male Breed: Catahoula
Home: Palm Coast, Florida, USA
 
   This is our one-year-old Catahoula named Gabby. We adopted him from the Humane Society here in Palm Coast, Florida when he was just eight weeks old. We went to the Humane Society to give our Christmas donation of dog and cat food and we saw a litter of Catahoula puppies. It was Love at First Sight. It was the week before Christmas and he was too young to bring home at that time. We visited him each and every day until the 27th when we could bring him home. This was his first real Christmas with us and he loved every minute of it... especially all the toys and goodies he got. We have had many dogs but, we must say, training him was unnecessary. He responds to each and every command and not once has he had an accident in the house. It is as though he was one of our dogs in a past life and knew just what to do and not to do. He is an extreme pleasure to be with and have around. We have another dog by the name of Spirit that we found in the woods five years ago. They get along great and play together on what seems like a continuous basis. We hope that all dog adoptees have the success that we have experienced with this one of a kind, Catahoula named Gabby.

    We bought him his own wading pool and he just loves it. He is a real water dog and loves to play in the pool and the sprinklers. When we walk him past neighbors homes with the sprinklers on, he wants to run and play in their water also. He loves to play Frisbee and catch with the ball in our yard. When he gets hot, he just jumps in his pool. He looks like he is always smiling and is a very happy puppy. He is one year old and has grown in leaps and bounds to a weight of 72 pounds. He is a big boy but extremely gentle with everyone. Every time we look at him, he is experiencing a new fact of life. He loves the flowers, the grass, butterflies, birds etc. He never barks at them, just looks and observes all the beauty of nature around him.
 

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