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Dog Of The Month, December, 2007
Ruby


 
Hi! My name is Ruby and I'm very honored to be named Rover's Recess Dog of the Month!  My story starts at the Fluvanna SPCA where a nice farm worker dropped me off with my four puppies.  My life really changed the day I marched through those doors with my babies in tow.  Luckily 3 of my little ones were adopted, and the wonderful folks at Animal Connections took me and my last puppy into foster care!  It was at the 2001 Vegetarian Festival where I looked up and saw my new mom staring down at me, saying "she looks a bit malnourished and scruffy, but what a calm and gentle girl."  My day got even better when mom's friend Cindy fell in love with my puppy Sammy, and we were both adopted into wonderful new homes.  I still see Sammy a lot, and now I have a little brother named Lewis, a Corgi who I love despite his annoying habit of herding me and biting my ears.  My best friends Spice and Sadie are part of my pack, and as the Alpha of the group, I have recently invited Stella to join us too.  I love to eat, sleep, counter surf, and rest on my stair landing looking out at my domain.  I love to take walks with my moms and Carolyn from Rovers Recess. I would spend my days chasing deer if I could, and I particularly despise those space invaders (hot air balloons), who if they would just come down from the sky I would tear them to shreds.  My moms call me "The Perfect Dog" because I'm so easy to take care of and because of my sweet, gentle nature. Not sure I'm perfect, but I'm a really, really good girl.

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Dog Of The Month, October, 2007
Sammy

So, here is my story. My mom went to the Vegetarian festival in 2001 to meet some friends before a football game. Her friend Laura met my biological mom, Ruby, and decided to adopt her. While they were waiting for the paper work to be done on Ruby, my Mom Cindy was introduced to me and everyone talked her into adopting me. Before the festival my mom and I have an interesting story to tell.  We were taken to the Louisa shelter along with 3 or 4 of my siblings, I can't remember I was so young. All of my siblings were adopted and then that left Mom and me. We were fostered by Animal Connections in 2 different homes for about 5 weeks. Mom, Ruby and I were spotted at the festival  by Mom Cindy and Aunt Laura and thankfully both have wonderful homes. We were reunited after the five weeks and now we get to see each other all the time. I have 3 kitties in my family and my Mom has a kitty and another dog Louis. We both have had Rover's walking us since we got our new homes and we love them so much.  So the Vegetarian festival comes along each year and I think everyone should stop by and take home a dog or cat and then they can have a happy ending just like me.

Sammy!
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September, 2007
Sadie

I adopted Sadie through Animal Connections at the end of last August...  she had been found in a kill shelter in Tennessee and was slated for euthanasia when they found her (EEK!) She had a bad hip, from never having a dislocation properly attended to, but no other health problems, and when I saw her, first on-line, and then in front of Harris Teeter's, I knew she was for me. 

Sadie's age is a mystery, but we think she's about 6yrs old. Like any lady, she's not telling.  She had very few adjustment problems, has always been well-behaved, but the most fun has been in watching her true personality come out. She's gone from quiet wall-flower to America's Next Top Model, as my friends refer to her. She is unique in her appearance, sort of Corgi, sort of Chihuahua!  Happy, curious, playful, and ALWAYS hungry, she loves her best cat buddy, Booie, and dog buddies Ruby and Louis, running (after a fashion) and sniffing her way around any field, and just generally being in charge of any place she happens to be! The best part of my day is hearing her contented sigh, in the evening, as she settles onto the sofa with Boo. I know that her past is becoming a distant, faint memory.
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