Adopt 2010 Contest

I havent been with my new family very long. Mum adopted me at just 7 weeks old back in September. In reality if it wasnt for dogster mum probably wouldnt have found me. Here is the story;

Mum had been on the look out for a puppy and since she works at the local shelter she was just waiting for the right one. Well one of her dogster pals all the way from Canada was coming to visit so mum took the week off work. Well mum wanted to show the other dogster mum what shelters look like here so they stopped by for a quick look. That was when mum saw me. I was the first one that caught her eye chewing on her fingers and mum fell in love instantly. However she had to wait a week to go back and see me. Every day she checked the website to see if I had been adopted yet. Finally a week passed and mum went down to the shelter. I was still up for adoption and mum knew I was going home with her. So really if it wasnt for dogster the dogster mum wouldnt have come to visit, mum wouldnt have met me and I probably would have been adopted by someone else.

It hasnt been easy at all for mum because I hve aggression issues. Discovered about 3 weeks after I was brought home to be food possessive. I was also very fearful for the first month. The first day I was brought hom the neighbour started playing piano and I just started screaming I was so scared. Eventually mum got me past my fear issues and is still working on my aggression issues. It's been a tough journey and it's not over just yet. Also not having the best start in life, being seperated from my mum at 5 weeks then transferred to the shelter mum works at at 6 weeks.

At around 6 months I developed mange and eventually all the hair around my right eye was gone. Mum has owned me for only 6 months and I've already cost her close to $1000 in vet bills.

Even though I have behavioural and medical issues mum is glad that she is my mum because alot of other people would have given up. She sees it all the time at the shelter. The people cant afford vet bills or this dog snapped when it was eating. Mum knows I most likely would have ended up back in the shelter. But she believes once you adopt a dog it's forever so she's going to keep working with me and continuing to grow. I have a very special bond with mum and we both cant wait to have many more years together.

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