Marley & Me
The past few days I've been reading a wonderful book called "Marley & Me, life and love with the world's worst dog" by John Grogan.
If you've ever owned a dog, heck even if you haven't, you're bound to enjoy Marley & Me. It's a sweet memoir that will have you laughing one moment and then crying the next. As the owner of a slightly neurotic dog myself I could definately identify with Marley's family. Also Marley was a yellow lab and Dax is a yellow lab mix. Our vet's best guess is that she's a lab/pointer cross.
Actually I like to think that Dax isn't really neurotic, she just has a few issues. Considering the rough start she had it's a wonder she is so sweet and loyal. Dax was a resue dog and still less than a year old when we adopted her but she'd spent her life up to that point locked up and abused. When she was found she'd been without food and water for over a week and physically she was a real mess. She was a tiny little bag of bones that had no fur, just lots of oozing open wounds all over her body.
One look into her big brown eyes though and I was a goner. I just knew that somewhere in there was a beautiful, sweet dog, but she was terrified. Returning Dax to good physical condition was the easy part, helping her learn to trust again took a while but ultimately I think we were as successful as we could be.
Six years later Dax is still terrified of strange men, certain sounds and new situations but she is also a sweet and loyal companion who utterly adores her family and the feeling is definately mutual.
If you've ever owned a dog, heck even if you haven't, you're bound to enjoy Marley & Me. It's a sweet memoir that will have you laughing one moment and then crying the next. As the owner of a slightly neurotic dog myself I could definately identify with Marley's family. Also Marley was a yellow lab and Dax is a yellow lab mix. Our vet's best guess is that she's a lab/pointer cross.
Actually I like to think that Dax isn't really neurotic, she just has a few issues. Considering the rough start she had it's a wonder she is so sweet and loyal. Dax was a resue dog and still less than a year old when we adopted her but she'd spent her life up to that point locked up and abused. When she was found she'd been without food and water for over a week and physically she was a real mess. She was a tiny little bag of bones that had no fur, just lots of oozing open wounds all over her body.
One look into her big brown eyes though and I was a goner. I just knew that somewhere in there was a beautiful, sweet dog, but she was terrified. Returning Dax to good physical condition was the easy part, helping her learn to trust again took a while but ultimately I think we were as successful as we could be.
Six years later Dax is still terrified of strange men, certain sounds and new situations but she is also a sweet and loyal companion who utterly adores her family and the feeling is definately mutual.
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