Hello,
Would like to take a moment and show our little girl off. We weren't going to get a dog until Febuary or March this year (after our fence was built), but 4 months ago that plan changed (still need a fence though). We were planning on getting a retired greyhound from Rescued Racers, but Lil found us before we went looking.
Her name is Lilandra, we call her Lil, neighbors and family call her Lilly. She is appoximately 1-3 years old and we believe a mix of terrier, lab, and dauchand (that's what we see). We can tell she had a little bit of a rough life before she came to us.
A person that lives up the street and around the corner, had her for awhile. They ended up getting a pitbull (I have seen the dog). The new dog (pit bull) and this one (Lil) didn't get along (she did have a few fresh looking bites on her face). So they took Lil's collar off and threw her to the streets, this is what we have heard from 3 of their neighbors. We seen her running the streets for about 2 weeks with a collar on, then one day she had it off. We waited another week and talked with a few neighbors about the dog. It was almost winter and my boyfriend (the non "mammal" lover) finally said "We have to do something about this!". It took us another week to earn her trust with food and patience. Then one day she came to our porch, he opened the door, she came in and has never left (nor wants to). At this time we cannot get our retired greyhound, but at least it's another rescue off the streets (I do not "buy" cats or dogs with so many needing homes already). So I call Lil my "rescue of sorts". She is a wonderful dog with high energy that needs lots of love and attention. Everytime I think about what they did to her I do get mad, but happy to have her here.
At first we didnt' know if we wanted to keep her or "foster" her. I have a lady that I work with that runs St. Louis Senior Dog Projects. We took Lil through her until we decieded (well mostly my boyfriend). We got Lil all of her shots, frontline, heartworm test and meds, along with a micro-chip. I've never had an animal micro-chipped, but must say I absolutley love it and any "mammal" pet will have one (even thinking about getting a few of my herps done). When it came time to choose, we couldn't let such a great dog go so we went through with the adoption.
Now that I've bored you,lol, with Lil's story here's some pics of my little princess.
Her second day with us...
Hey can you pick that up...
I'm not one for dressing my dog up, but my boyfriends mom bought her this for Christmas and I had to get at least one pic of her wearing it.
Thanks for looking,
Jamie
