Gotcha Date: August 28th 2010 Birthday: August 24th 2009 Likes: Playing with Amy and Bella, and being with her people! Pet-Peeves: None that I know of... Favorite Toy: she loves all toys!!! Favorite Food: the fresh foods we add to her kibble, like ground turkey or cottage cheese! Favorite Walk: Around the hospital where I work, or on one of the trails I take her on in El Dorado Hills! Best Tricks: An automatic sit we are working on, "say please by sitting" style! Arrival Story: I grabbed her and two of her pups out of hwy 193 in Cool two weeks ago. I posted fliers, found the owners, and returned the dogs after telling them that they needed to keep the dogs out of the road and leaving them with my phone number should they find they couldn't keep the mother dog (many people will discard the mother and keep a pup...). I learned that she is one year old and has had no medical care, no shots, is not spayed and had a litter of 10 pups after her first heat. She has never had heartworm preventative. She has always lived outside. When I originally found her, she was filthy, covered with ticks, and had no tags on (same with the pups).
Then, two weeks later, I got a phone call saying that first, she was lost again and had been gone for four days, and second, if she could be found, they wanted to "get rid of her" because they couldn't keep her from running off. I told them to call the local vet to see if a found dog had been reported and said I would check the area shelters for the dog. 15 minutes later they called back and said she had been reported at the vet, and the lady who found her was bringing her back right then.... and they offered her to me! I immediately raced to their house to pick up this dog...
From now on, she is a dog who is a member of the family... her life will be filled with love, affection, dog-friendly training, walkies, cookies, toys, dogs who love to play with her, hiking, car rides, and lots of other fun doggie things! She is now an indoor doggie, a doggie who sleeps on a chair in the bedroom, a doggie who discovered that a drive-thru is a place where she gets a burger patty, and doggie who is learning that she is loved and cherished...
I never stopped thinking about her after I returned her to her previous owners, and I feel like it is such a miracle that they actually called me and offered me their dog. I am just so amazed and thankful to be blessed with this wonderful dog... thank you God! Bio: The people I adopted her from say that Autumn is a pure bred German Shepherd, with one parent being a black and tan GSD and the other a white GSD. Autumn herself is a pumpkin colored dog with some white fur here and there. Other than the unusual coat color, she does seem GSD, especially her head, ears, movement, and mannerisms. When I originally picked her up out of the road, I thought she was definitely a mix... and she may be, although they insisted she was a GSD. Anyway, for fun, I plan to eventually have her DNA tested just to see what my wonderful Autumn dog is made of. Forums Motto: a pumpkin-colored sweetheart The Groups I'm In: ..:: Herding Breeds Association ::.., ~~~*♥Dog Park USA♥*~~~ I've Been On Dogster Since:
I am one half German Shepherd!
I am 25% German Shorthaired Pointer!
I am 22.5% Pharaoh Hound! This is where I get my orange and white coat!
The remaining 2.5% is made up of Weimaraner, English Cocker Spaniel, and Greater Swiss Mountain Dog!
So, basically, I am a German Shepherd/German Shorthaired Pointer/Pharaoh Hound mix!
Mommy just loves knowing my breeds, and was especially delighted to know about my Pharaoh Hound part, since I look all cute and orange and white like one!
Guess what! Mommy is having my DNA tested so we can see what kind of breeds I am made of! We should be getting the results back any day, and I will tell you exactly what I'm made of! FUN!
Guess what! I have put on 9 pounds!! This is wonderful because I was underweight when I came to my new forever home! Yay for putting on weight!
I am also all better from my spay surgery! I recovered beautifully, with the biggest challenge being Mommy had a hard time keeping me from trying to play with Amy while I was supposed to be taking it easy!
It's Mommy's favorite time of year -- AND my name -- it's AUTUMN!! Today it's rainy out... but Mommy says we will still go for a walk! Isn't life FUN?
Hope you're all ready for Halloween out there! We are just going to stay in and watch scary movies here... or at least that's what the people are going to do. Us doggies have different plans for Halloween...
Here's my plan: Mommy and Daddy want to be "scared" on Halloween, otherwise why would they watch scary movies? So my plan is to wait till it's all dark and scary night time, and then I will stand in front of the door (the back door, the front door, maybe even the GARAGE door!) and growl and then BARK like there is a monster out there!! Yay for scaring Mommy and Daddy on Halloween!
The Dog Show: Who's Your Mama?
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