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Carolina dog or not? Not really a controversary!

   
Kia

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Barked: Tue Nov 3, '09 11:35pm PST 
Hi I am new here and I discoverd this site while researching the carolina dog. I got Kia from a rescue organization found in North Carolina. She was part of a feral pack That was captured by shelter workers responding to a call from a man who was shooting the feral dogs on his property. Kia recieved a shot to the back and was in bad shape. Most of the dogs that were captured were put down due to aggressive tendencies. Kia was not. Her disposition was good and she never showed the feral aggression that some of the other dogs did. The woman who fostered her before I got her tamed her down a bit and got her used to living inside the house. Once her butt hit the couch and she felt that comfort she never left! She is the sweetest most calm non-destructive clean dog! She has all the physical and behavioral traits of the "standard" Carolina dog (except for color but the color is just a recognition of a standard from breeders who are now going against the "natural" selection that created these dogs in the first place and are using selective breeding to create what they believe the dog should look like) I have no doubt my Kia is a carolina dog! She was born and raised from the natural selection of dogs surviving in the southern united states. That makes her more Carolina dog to me than any dog bought from a breeder( no offense meant to any one) I work with an adoption center who rescues dogs from high kill rate shelters in our southern states and I can tell you there are a lot of Carolina dogs in these shelters. we just adopted out an adult female and have a yonger Carolina dog up for adoption. There is still a small population of feral dogs as well. Most of these dogs are labled as Shepherd mixes. Chances are if you have a dog that closely resembles the defined traits of the Carolina dog and you got them from a shelter some where in the southern United States then what you have is a Carolina dog or at least a mix of one. Every one knows that their own dog is special. However when you own a Carolina dog, weather it is written on paper or just what you believe your dog to be, You will undoubtedly know your dog is unique and even more special than the average dog!
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Emily

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Barked: Mon Nov 16, '09 8:03pm PST 
Hi Kia, Emily's "mom" again. Well said! Emily is such a unique dog - I wish I could adopt each and every Carolina in those shelters. Thanks for the work you do for these dogs.-wendy
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