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May 26, 2001

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Cheyenne, the Dog of the Day
Name: Cheyenne
Age: One year old
Gender: Female Breed: German Shepherd Husky Mix
Home: San Antonio, Texas, USA
 
   Cheyenne is very special to us because she is a loving, protective part of our family. She is friends with three cats and a wonderful playmate to our daughter, and friend to My Wife and I.

    She learned from a very early age - I guess four months old - to shake. I tell her to shake and she hands me her paw, I tell her good girl, then I tell her Other and she will hand me the other one. She lays down on commands with our hands and sits with the silent commands as well. She is a very intelligent dog, for instance she learned how to open our locked back gate to run around to the front yard when she knows we are out there. She tells us she is thirsty and wants water by standing up at the kitchen sink and barks. She was taught at an early age that she was to sleep in a large size kennel, and that when we went bye bye she was to stay in there as well. All we have to do is tell her "IN" and she enters her House.

    Now that she is one year old and not as mischievous we let her sleep outside of the kennel and look outside from the front window when we are gone. She protects her little Kitty Friends and they will even sleep close together on her Big Pillow in Front of the window at night.

    Not long ago my wife gave birth to our little girl and it seemed as though right from the start Cheyenne knew that there were boundaries when it came to the baby. The baby is nine months old now and every now and then gets away with pulling the dogs tail or hair and Cheyenne does not do anything except move away from the baby or lick the baby. We do not leave them alone together but from everything we have seen we are very lucky to have chose such a beautiful and friendly doggy. She also has beautiful blue eyes and is solid white which is amazing to us.
 

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