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Likes: lots of playtime and snuggling, chewing, tennis balls, sticks, being with people she loves, digging, swimming, digging rugs, rearranging the rugs and her bed, licking people's faces, dog friends, bones, begging for people food, PIZZA
Pet-Peeves: being left alone, being startled and scared, things she can't chase, cats that don't want to play chase, the vet, invasion of her rear end, organ meat, bad bad mans, anyone touching her feet or her butt too much
Favorite Toy: tennis balls, sticks, the wool bone, Kristy, a nylabone, the kong when it has food in it, friends, humans that are on the floor
Favorite Food: Beef ribs, pork necks, jack mackerel, tripe, game meat, and BEEF RIBS!!! As for people food, she loves hot dogs (with ketchup), pizza, and pretty much whatever the people are eating.
Favorite Walk: Anywhere with cats or to the dog park!
Best Tricks: hug, shake, sit, down, watch, bring it, stay, heel, bow, "what do you say?," "where's the cat?" & wait
Arrival Story: I'd looked at three other dogs - one was too quiet, one too hyper for my apartment, and the third was too young. Of course, I loved them all, but my boyfriend had reservations. He spotted a terrier mix in one of the kennels and said, "Oh, he's cute!" Not as crazy about terriers as he is, I looked at the other dogs in the cage.
"I like Mississippi," I said. Her front paws were on the cage of the door. We took her outside and I instantly fell in love with her. She sat in my lap and let me pet her. When we had to put her back in the kennel, she went in. The other dogs were reluctant, but she had an attitude of, "I'll do it, even though I don't like it." She's hardly left my side since we took her home that day. The Humane Society of Utah only knew that she was abandoned. She's still afraid of being left behind, but she's getting lots better. She was in the shelter for a month before I found her. She's very smart, sweet, and playful. She loves puppies and other dogs, and tries to make friends with cats. She's supposedly a shepherd mix, but I don't know if that means German Shepherd or Australian Shepherd (what the vet thought)... and she definitely has some retriever in her.
Bio: Mississippi graduated from Level One Obedience class in the summer of 2007. She began a raw diet on the first of January, 2008.
She began intermediate obedience in March 2008 and earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate in May 2008.
She began beginning agility in April 2008 and loves the jumps, but has since retired due to a diagnosis of luxating patella and an overcautious owner.
Forums Motto: Cogito ergo nom Dogster Local Spots I've Marked: Handle With Care Dog Training, Parley's Nature Park, Memory Grove, Great Salt Lake Dog Training Club, Herman Frank's Park The Groups I'm In: *** Utah Shelter Rescues ***, DAA: Dogsters with Aggression, Haute Dogs of SLC, Herman Frank's Park Regulars, Holistixperience!, Luxating Patella Support, Raw Fed, The Dogs of Utah, Utah Career College Layton Pack!, UTah's Dogs and Friends all over!!, You'll find me at Tanner Park! Salt Lake City
The Last Forum I Posted In: Excitement!
Why is she named Mississippi?: I really don't know where the name came from. That was the name that she had at the Humane Society where I adopted her and it fit well. "Mississippi" means "great river" and since she loves the water so much, it fits even better.
More pictures: Because all the pictures Mom takes won't fit on here!
Breeds people thought may be in the mix:: Australian Shepherd, Boxer, Collie, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Irish Setter, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Terrier...
Miss's Mottos: * I can't hold my licker!
* Practically perfect in every way
* Muttchka
* Priceless
* Mutt like Mom
* Cogito ergo nom I think, therefore, nom
Mom has discovered that taking tennis balls with her wherever she takes me is a Very Good Thing for Mom (and for Miss!). She can bounce a ball to distract my focus from things I see or think I see, like cats.
Also, I love to carry them in my mouth! Sometimes, the ball will fall out and start rolling around, which is bonus fun. Mom says it's not good for a formal heel, but who's in obedience trials here? Not me! I'm in it for the fun and the excitement of outside, which is better when I'm carrying a tennis ball!
So if any dogs want to be cool like me, carry a tennis ball around! I'm starting a trend!
My friend Baloo RN CGN tagged me! He is a very handsome Lab. Mom says if she keeps seeing all these handsome Labs, she might have to get one herself!
RULES OF THE GAME:
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their diary the rules and their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose some dogs to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your diary, or, send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged! And sent them these Rules.
So here we go, 7 random things about Mississippi:
1. I have lived in lots of apartments with my mom! We haven't moved in a while, and the next time we're looking to "settle down" a little more. So I haven't so much had a forever "home" as a forever "mom"!
2. I am a mutt, and I act like it! Mom has seen me do lots of different behaviors, like digging like a terrier, being scent-obsessed like a hound, and flushing out game like a sporting dog! I don't really herd a whole lot. Maybe I'm too muttley!
3. I love to make funny noises. Mom especially likes my attention noises. I play-growl and sometimes even howl a little!
4. I like to help Mom and my Aunt Honey exercise by licking their faces when they are on the ground. In fact, that's how I help any human on the ground. If they're that far down, they need kisses!
5. I am afraid of big scary things, like horses (that make noise) and street sweepers and bad men.
6. I will lie down and curl up in water, even in the middle of winter when it's freezing. Even though later I have to stop and chew the ice off myself, it's totally worth it. I love water!
7. Last, but not least, I don't like turkey. I eat a prey-model raw diet, but I don't like raw turkey. If mom cooks it for me, I will eat it.
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