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Likes: Playing tug, chasing squirrels, looking out the window, stalking lizards and bringing them to mommy, obsessing over what might be in the verbena, running laps in the yard, running on wall-to-wall carpet (yay traction!), hikes and rides
Pet-Peeves: thunder, fireworks; squirrels and possums in her yard; certain other dogs who walk by like they think they're all cool or something, too many rainy days, CATS, the big water pit
Favorite Toy: anything to be tugged or chewed or otherwise mutilated; whatever I've lost under the couch or armoire
Favorite Food: prime rib, popcorn, cheese, the plastic from the flat cheese
Favorite Walk: anywhere, anytime!
Best Tricks: escaping the yard (not a "good" trick exactly....)
Arrival Story: Adopted from the Pasadena Humane Society on April 17, 2002. http://www.phsspca.org/adoptions/h appy/Phoebe.htm
My mom saw another dog on the website and came in to adopt him, but when she arrived at the shelter his people had come to retrieve him. When my mom was walking back to the adoption office she saw me, and for some reason liked me very much even though unlike all the other dogs I was more interested in sniffing other stuff than in making nice with her. After I ignored her in the play yard for ten minutes, she decided to adopt me and she and my Uncle Jeff took me to get a bath and then took me home that same day. I pay more attention to them now (after all, they are the source of treats and walks and pets) but I still have an independent streak.
Bio: Phoebe is a special dog. Her goofy antics, expressive face and lopsided ears brighten my every day. Despite her initial aloofness at the shelter, she has turned out to be a sweet, affectionate and unusually compassionate dog, quick to offer nose nudges, kisses and other gestures of support when she senses another dog or person is in distress. Her fearlessness gets her into trouble, but also made her shine in agility class. And her alert, inquisitive nature makes her a rewarding companion.
Forums Motto: Phoebe - the ears say it all!
The Groups I'm In: ! ♥ Protected Pooches ♥ !, **Dogster Estates**, **HANG~N~WITH THE BIG DOGS**, Bully Ed 101, A Friend 4 Life, Ban Stupid Legislation, Bullies are Good Dogs, Phoebedogs!, Pretty Pitts, The Bully Dog Club, the greatest arizona dogs and cats, Tucson Dogs, Tucson Udall Dog Park, ~Glamour Girls~
Best Friends: Mommy, Katie, Alina, Sam, Rocky, Ozzy, Hannah, Jake, and Ruby (if she'll let me)
A man came to Mommy's house and took some pictures of me in my backyard. I had to sit still, which was a bummer, but I did it for a few minutes to make Mommy and the fun man happy. Mommy says that I needed to be good for the pictures because I am going to be a famous superstar in a doggie calendar for the local Humane Society. I'm Miss December!
Gee, I wonder if paparazzi will start following me and everyone will read about which toys I tore up this week, what kibble I favor, and who I barked at. I'm a pretty wild and scandalous girl in some ways, with my running and barking and all my boyfriends; Paris, Lindsay and Britney had better make room on those magazine covers right away! Mommy says I'd better stop begging tortilla chips from Alpha Kevin's friends or I'll be in the next "bad beach bodies" issue!
Mommy told me something really sad today, and I'm having big problems understanding it. She says that some people are so scared of doggies who are like me or sort of like me that they have made laws saying that the police can come take doggies like me out of their loving homes and then kill them! Yes, they just kill them! Kill good, happy, beloved doggies. Doggies who never bit anyone. Doggies who maybe never did one single thing wrong, not even taking really yummy tempting food off the counter or being too excited and bonking someone with their hard heads. Doggies who just loved their families and were loved in return. Doggies who were some little boy's best friend, or some lonely lady's only friend..... it makes me howl, I'm so sad and mad.
Gosh, I hear that humans are smarter than doggies and know what's best. But sometimes I'm not so sure.
Please, if you are a human and read this, please do what you can to make these laws go away and stop new ones from coming. There are lots of good ways to keep people from being hurt or killed by doggies besides killing innocent doggies. Gosh, when you see that in print these laws so obviously aren't logical that you have to wonder how to woof some good sense to people who clearly don't understand sense! Mommy thinks people in places where they have these laws (or where people are trying to get these laws) should find a sympathetic lawmaker and then get the good doggies right in the houses of the legislatures or the city councils or whatever. Show them the pictures of the little boys and girls who will be hurt for life at the unfair loss of a beloved furbling. Show them the disabled people who will lose their animal assistants, or the sick kids or elderly people who will miss a wonderful therapy dog.
My mommy is so worried about these laws that she usually identifies me as "Shepherd Mix" and doesn't mention anything about my other heritage. She almost started crying today trying to remember how she identified me on my doggie license application. What if they got a BSL where we live, and they only found out I maybe might have something that some people might call "pit bull" in me because Mommy was responsible and got me a license?
Stop this BSL. Please. I'm just a doggie and all I can do is try and be good. But you can write and call and vote and stuff! And, most importantly, you can be a responsible doggie guardian and care for your pets and keep them safe, spayed/neutered, healthy, and well-trained and socialized! The best way to teach people that BSL is BS is to show them excellent doggies!
Today it has been six years since Mommy and I adopted each other (Mommy says it's like forty years in dog years)!!!! Wow, huh? I think it has worked out well. At first I wasn't sure, but I've trained Mommy pretty well and she has turned out to be a good person to live with. For example, yesterday she bought me some new kibble - not sure if it is related to our special day or not, but I like it. It smells like fishes and it tastes really yummy. She also bought some special sauce for putting on my food. She says it has gloocosumme or something like that and that it will be good for my shepherd-shaped back end. When Mommy took me to the vet to get poked and petted this time, the vet lady said I'm almost a senior girl. Not sure what that means, but I think the new food and the special sauce are related.
Anyway, it's a good thing Mommy isn't too sensitive about doggies ignoring her in the play yard at the shelter, or a different doggie would have my beds and my toys and my run!
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