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Likes: WALKS
Pet-Peeves: Being picked up
Favorite Toy: Her stuffed "horsey" and Sonic, her stuffed hedgehog (does not actually look like Sonic)
Favorite Food: Steak
Favorite Walk: All over the park
Best Tricks: She won't do much, but we can get her to twirl on her hind paws
Arrival Story: My parents decided years ago to get a dog in order to cure my younger sister and me of our fear of dogs. For a while, they were looking at collies, but the idea of getting one of them kind of died when they took my sisters and me to a breeder and the collies, enthusiastic to play, promptly chased my sister and me straight out of their pen and across the yard. Tally, herself, was an impulse buy at a pet store that has since closed. It was a place that we would visit usually just to play with the puppies, but there was one time my mother and sisters went there (I was away at a convention) and saw Tally. They absolutely loved her, but the shopkeeper told them when they commented on how pretty they thought she was, "Yeah, she's probably going to go fast." The next day, they called me while I was still across the state to say, "Guess what? We're getting a dog!"
Bio: I think there's a reason that a lot of books do not recommend lhasas for first-time pet owners. I don't think my family realized what they were getting into when they got her. We wound up needing to get her to a professional in order to get her through basic training. Even he said, when we came to pick her up, "If your girls can handle this dog, they can handle any dog. Size isn't an issue." Still, I'm glad that my parents have been as devoted as they have to making sure that we could still be Tally's forever home and that she would be happy with us. It's now been seven years, and I can't imagine life without her. T's had occasional seizures ever since she was a puppy, but it doesn't stop her from being an energetic and happy little girl who always greets me when I come home from school with the most enthusiastic greeting of anyone.
Forums Motto: Izzat chicken? Dogster Local Spots I've Marked: Chester County SPCA The Groups I'm In: !!!! SQUIRRELS! (And other small animals we all love to chase), Epileptic Support, Lhasa-tude, Philadelphia Dogs, The shakers
The Last Forum I Posted In: Designer Dogs...sad
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Mommy and Lauren took me to the vet last week. I had so much fun! Everyone says it's so weird how much I love going to vet appointments (not that they mind), but there are soooooo many people there, and they all stop and pet me and tell me how pretty I am! And I get treats! And I don't even need to do anything except stand on stuff. Why shouldn't I love it? This time wasn't usual, though - there weren't any needles, and Mommy did a lot more talking than usual. The vet thinks that I've been having seizures, like Lauren thought, but doesn't want me on medication just yet. So, everyone's going to keep track on a calendar to see if I get worse. Lauren and Mommy scolded me for butt-walking a few times during the visit. I wanted to say hi to the people, but they wouldn't let me! So, I butt-walked around the vet's office for a while. I don't see a problem with that.
I have a new horsey! I've been running around with it ever since Lauren gave it to me a few days ago! I haven't had my horsey around for at least a month. For some reason, once I find all the yummy white stuff inside my horsey, someone always throws it away. I can already see the white stuff inside this one, even if I can't get at it yet, but I'm not gonna let anyone throw this one away.
I didn't feel so good two days ago. Lauren says the date was June 16, and it was early in the morning - about 2 or 3 AM. I don't know why she wants me to mention that. Lauren wasn't feeling too well either. She managed to mess up one of the toilets way beyond what I ever manage to do. She brought me into her room (which doesn't have much space, although it does have a lot of smelly stuff), and I just didn't want to go in there. I don't usually - after all, for a while, Lauren would never let me in there cause I kept stealing her underwear. I can't do that now - her room's too messy for me to get at the underwear. But in any case, I really didn't want to go in there this time, so I was tugging on the leash. After Lauren closed the door, I got really upset. My breathing got really fast, and I started shivering. Lauren put a kinda smelly blanket she always likes to cuddle in on me, and I felt a little better. When the shivering was done, Lauren took off the blanket and moved me to the playroom. But when we got there, I started shivering again, so Lauren covered me with a bigger blanket and tried rubbing me behind the ears. I don't like when this happens, and even Lauren rubbing me doesn't make it much better. After a few minutes, the shivering stopped again, and I wandered over next to the couch to watch The Daily Show with Lauren.
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