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February 16, 2005

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Maggie, the Dog of the Day
Name: Maggie
Age: Three years old
Gender: Female Breed: Beagle mix
Home: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
 
   This is my type-A personality beagle mix, Maggie. She's three years old and shows no signs of slowing down. She's very protective of us and very bossy. I've seen her make a 100 pound dog submit to her. Although hyper and demanding, she's very loving and sweet and knows how to win everyone over.

    Maggie is very affectionate and loving to all people but when it comes to other dogs she's extremely territorial and bossy. She plays with other dogs by taking their toy and running away with it so that they will chase her. She knows sit, stay, lay down, roll over, fetch and a really cute trick called "scratch my back" where I kneel down and with my back towards her and tell her to scratch my back. She stands on her hind legs and literally scratches my back with her front paws (as if she were scratching at the door).

    Her favorite game is fetch. I get so tired of throwing the ball that I use a tennis racket to serve it. She's both affectionate and independent. We just moved into a new house with a doggie door and she loves it. It gives her the freedom and independence she loves.

    We got her from a shelter when she was just eight weeks old. The shelter owner said that she was found in a ditch with her mom and three brothers and sisters. The lady at the shelter said that she was a Beagle/Cocker Spaniel mix. I don't really see the cocker spaniel though. She definitely has the intelligence and feisty personality of a JRT!

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