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Cocker Spaniel

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Home:Rome, GA

Age: 18 Years Sex: Female Weight: 11-25 lbs

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Nicknames:
Doodle Bug

Quick Bio:

-purebred

-dog rescue

Likes:
To be FIRST... 1st to eat, 1st to get a treat, 1st to get her leash, FIRST

Pet-Peeves:
Missy thinks she is better than the other dogs. She doesn't like them in her space.

Favorite Toy:
Unfortunately, Missy doesn't know what to do with toys, but she does like rawhide chips.

Favorite Food:
Like most Cockers, Missy likes all food.

Favorite Walk:
Missy loves to go out to the college and walk, where she can run free through the fields and in the stream.

Best Tricks:
Missy will sit up on a stool and "speak" for a treat.

Arrival Story:
Missy was abandoned, left tied to a dumpster, when someone called me to come get her (she ended up at a vet's office). At the time, I was fostering cockers for cocker rescue in my region, so I took her in. She was so neglected and in such bad shape, she was not recognizable as a cocker. Missy was also so scared that she stayed in her crate, on her own, for weeks. After the first few months, she was already acting like a different dog. She made so much progress that we decided to keep her. In my husband's words... "she's no trouble and she's already been through enough." All of this was 3 years ago. Missy is a great dog (but don't tell her that)!

I've Been On Dogster Since:

September 16th 2004