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Starling, the Dog of the Day
Name: Starling
Age: Seven and a half months old
Gender: Female Breed: Labrador, Rottweiler, Shepherd
Home: Ontario, Canada
 
   This adorable ball of yellow is my pup Starling, we call her Star for short. She came to me at 5 1/2 weeks old when her former owner and breeder decided that due to her not looking like all the others in the litter she was to be drowned. She is 1/4 Rottweiler, 1/4 King Shepherd and 1/2 Labrador Retriever. Originally I was going for her brother, the first born who was a silvery colored Rottweiler, but than she ran up and I automatically asked if they had a lab litter as that is what she looked like. The man than snapped out that she was going to be drowned as she didn't look like the rest. I paid twice what the other person paid for their pup but I couldn't leave her there, so she came home at such a young age meaning I then had to bottle feed her as she was too young.

    But that's not where this story ends. I decided that as I have severe anxiety and depression issues that I would register her as an anxiety therapy dog when she turns a year old as that is the youngest they will take her registartion. I will also register as well as a therapy dog to go into hospitals at the same age. She is doing great in her training for both, but I also realized that having a compressed disk, it is hard to bend sometimes. This is something my family does not understand, so using the retriever in her I have taught her to fetch things for me that I would have issues getting otherwise. She is making my life a lot easier and I am glad for it.

    Who would of thought that a pup who was destined to be killed so young could change so much of my life. I love having Star and she has made my life leaps and bounds easier than before.

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