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August 12, 2004

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Daisy Mae, the Dog of the Day
Name: Daisy Mae
Age: Nine years old
Gender: Female Breed: Yellow Lab,
Australian Shepherd mix
Home: San Francisco, California, USA
 
   This is my dog Daisy Mae. She is nine years old, and a brilliant mixture of Yellow Lab and Australian Shepherd. If I start to talk about Daisy, I will sound like I'm exaggerating, but everyone who comes into contact with her agrees that she is a wonderful dog. She is hardworking and very serious, but also very playful and affectionate. Daisy is great with small children. Once, when I was walking with a three-year-old child, she ran between us with a stick in her mouth, and turned her head to the side, so that the stick would be vertical and neither of us would be hit. She is absolutely sweet and gentle with children and all other animals, but I have absolutely no doubt that she would protect me to the death if called upon to do so. She loves her tennis ball the best, and will retrieve it for hours. She has greatly improved my life, because I am comfortable walking alone with her anywhere, knowing that I am perfectly safe and secure in her company. We live near the ocean and a small lake and she has brought me into the natural world in a way I never experienced. I now notice the hawks nesting, and the buds bursting. Daisy is the greatest companion anyone could wish for!

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