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Age: 6 Years Sex: Female
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Leave a bone for Pennie
Doggie Dynamics:
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Sun Sign: 
Birthday:
June 10th 2005
Likes:
People, all food, dirty kitty litter, LOUIE her companion (lab, pitt, sherpherd, rottweiller mix)
Pet-Peeves:
Waiting for food
Favorite Toy:
Boo Boo the cat
Favorite Food:
Everything except coffee
Favorite Walk:
To the cat box
Best Tricks:
Rolling over
Arrival Story:
After my sweet black lab/border collie mix passed away last December, I quickly decided to go to a shelter in West Los Angeles and get another dog. I wanted another lab mix just like Jenny who was my companion and best friend. The shelter director brought out the cutest little brown dog with the most gorgeous tan highlights over her eyes, a mask on her face and white stripe down her belly. I never saw a dog with such markings. She was beautiful and playful and I had to have her. I was told she was a chocolate lab but she was a handful. I should reconsider my decision. But I was determined. I wanted another lab mix and this dog was coming home with me. The poor dog was a stray. She had been roaming the streets of Los Angeles when someone brought her in and I wasn't going to let her stay in the shelter any longer.
I decided to name my new dog Pennie, in honor of Jenny and her coat which looks like the color of an American Penny. By the time I spent some time with her I realized there wasn't any lab in this dog. Maybe it was because she was a puppy but she was wild. She had so much energy! I took her on long walks and to the dog park twice a day. She was the diva of the dog park. The fastest and most social dog around. When I took Pennie to the vet I asked him what kind of a dog she was. He said she was just a dog. Many people told me she was a red dobie mix, a pit bull, a husky and even a Rottweiler. Everywhere we went people commented on her beautiful and unusual markings. Everyone had an opinion.
One day I was at the dog park and I met a woman who had just moved back to the U.S. from Australia. She started crying and told me she had to leave her dog in Australia and her dog looked exactly like Pennie. She said that Pennie was a Kelpie. I had never heard of a Kelpie before. She told me they're common in Australia and are used for herding sheep. Well no wonder my dog has so much energy! The mystery is over. I have a very special dog. How an Australian Kelpie wound up wandering the streets of L.A. I'll never know. But we have found each other and she fills a very special place in my heart.
The picture of Pennie was taken by a photographer at the Westminster Dog Park in Venice, CA. She was being teased by Greta the great dane for possession of a hole.
Forums Motto:
Born To Be Wild
The Groups I'm In:
kelpie x!!!
I've Been On Dogster Since:
| May 22nd 2008 |
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More than 3 years! |
Rosette, Star and Special Gift History
Dogster Id:
788422
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