I'll try to make this short. i have loved dogs as far back as I can remember. When my beautiful Dove passed, I was heartbroken. Well I finally convinced Bob that I wanted a dog for my 50th birthday. We began looking in October or so of 2020. My 50th was April the following years. We have declining by many dogs, "Bernie's" popped up and we fell in love. I filled out an application and was approved. We drove 2 hours one way to pick up this medium size dog. He was only 42 pounds. The very first night we I sat on the couch, he sat next to me and leaned into me like he was giving a hug. Of course, we changed his name immediately. We did NOT like the name Bernie. So we decided to call him Auggie. This is short for August which is the month Bob and I met. Auggie is spoiled, vocal, opinionated and super affectionate.....to me. He does not like other people and is very territorial around our condo. The shelter lied to us though. Auggie is very high energy. At least for the 1st three years. After that he seemed to mature a little. Now that Auggie is almost 7 years old, I am seeing another shift, he is not as reactive to people like he used to be and he calmer on walks as well.
One story that i like to tell is the fact that Auggie literally saved my life. Newsweek did an online story about it that you can read here
The link I provided didn't work. I will try again. This link should work
https://www.newsweek.com/rescue-dog-saves-owners-life-adoption-south-carolina-1780085
I consider him my hero
If you like to follow him, he has his own Facebook page. Its called Auggie the Doggie and has the following picture as his profile pic
Auggie is truly one of a kind. Im going to add a few pictures for you to enjoy.
I want to shout out to Alyssa and Deno Romero for watching Auggie when we need to be away; to Dr Troy Winn and staff at Mt. Holly Veterinary Clinic and keeping Auggie healthy and Michelle Rodriquez in teaching me how to train and manage Auggies behavior
DO you have pets you'd like to showcase? Id love to hear about them
I have 4 dogs and a handful of outdoor/ indoor cats. I live in Broadway Va. We live close enough we should meet someday! I will message you some sweet pictures and I will search for Aggies page! Your sister in Christ Jesus Riki
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see your crew. Hopefully one day!!
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