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| Name: |
Skipper
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Age: |
One and a half years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Dog |
| Home: |
Massachusetts, USA |
This
is my puppy Skipper Katy Francis Bannister. We got her last April
from an animal shelter in Sterling. Skipper was from the SATO program
there, which is when they rescue street dogs from Puerto Rico. Skipper's
mother was a street dog. Skipper and her two siblings were born in a
Puerto Rican "foster home" and then they were all brought to Sterling
where I picked her out. But a few days after Skipper came home to us,
she got very ill. She was vomiting at first. Then she would neither eat
nor drink. We took her to the vet and she had to live there for a long
time. She was all skin and bones. We didn't think Skipper would make it
through.
But as you can see she pulled through! You would never know Skipper's
history by the way she looks or acts. You might think that a Puerto Rico
dog would not like the cold winters but Skipper absolutely loves them.
She will run around the back yard eating and digging snow. You might
think that after being so sick she would never be completely healthy.
But she is happy, healthy, and such a great little girl. I love Skipper
so much and I have always wanted a puppy. Every year I asked for one but
my parents said no, until last Spring when they said we could get one.
We looked up the shelter online and picked out Skipper from a picture.
The first day they were up for adoption the shelter opened around noon,
I think. Well we got there at 7 am in order to get her first!!! As
other people began to arrive they all said, Oh they got here at 7,
they get first choice. Everyone was so nice, it was one of the best days
of my life. I sure do love my dog, and I hope from reading this you will
love her too and appreciate the pets or animals in your life as much as
I do mine.
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