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| Name: |
Allie
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Age: |
Nine years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Shetland Sheep Dog |
| Home: |
San Jose, California, USA |
Allie
is a sweet, and enduring Sheltie. She is quite friendly for a
Sheltie. (They sometimes can be aloof to strangers.) She loves to chase
squirrels, and geese. She is a true herder. She would never hurt them
though. Allie is also part of "Pet Pals" assisted therapy. She works
with children with special needs. They love to walk her, brush her at
times... and always snuggle with her.
Allie is an affectionate girl, and she is quite friendly towards
strangers. I can hardly take her any where without her getting lavished
with pets and attention. She is quite the love. She is calm when I take
her to places with me, like shopping in a Dog Friendly mall in Palo
Alto, going to Carmel, CA, and even camping with me... tent and all.
Her Loves: She loves to snuggle with me on the floor and have me
scratch her back and rub chest. She has her independent side when she is
critter watching in the yard. (This is when she gets a bit noisy.) She
once brought me a present (a live UN-harmed, baby possum). It was on
the floor in my living room. She was so proud and could not understand
why I was so horrified.
Her Games & More Loves: She likes play tug of war with her Frisbee of
favorite stuffed bone. If you throw it she will bring it back, but she
likes the tug of war best. Allie absolutely loves to go for a walk with
me, and go for a ride in the car. Shelties are quite intelligent. If I
mention to her treat, want to go for a walk or ride... she will hold me to
it!
Her Tricks: Besides Allie's basic commands (sit, stay, down etc). I
taught Allie to shake, and she does right paw, left paw on command. Tell
her to speak she will bark on command, she also rolls over, and begs on
command. I am recently training her to whisper. Which is sort of a
lower grunt bark. (She is almost there with this.)
About "Pet Pals" pet assisted therapy program: I met up with a woman in
a dog group I belong to, and she fell in love with Allie. She asked me
if Allie and I would volunteer to Pet Pals a non-profit organization
that she owns. This organization has facilities like hospitals, schools,
brain injury and convalescent facilities etc. After qualifying her
through a obedience and temperament test, she passed for whatever
section I wanted to volunteer for.
What Allies does with PetPals: We currently work at a school with
children with Cerebral Palsy and related special needs. We go to the
school's special needs class together where she loose lease walks with
the children, (With the walker or wheelchair too.) The children also like
her to do her tricks for them. Play fetch with the ball. Sometimes they
will just snuggle with her or want to brush her and give her water. etc.
Oh, she is my first dog to do the Pet-assisted therapy program with me.
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