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One Friday in April of 2012, I went to the washateria (aka laundromat) with dirty laundry, and came home with clean laundry, as well as the mangey, exhausted, half-starved German Shepherd puppy that had been wandering around the parking lot. The vet and I guestimated she had been born in mid to late January, so we stuck 1-20-12 as her official DOB.
She was in such bad shape that neither I nor my vet would have been surprised if she'd up and died on me that first weekend, and if she survived, she was going to go to a rescue, since I didn't need or want a third dog at that time.
Well, she's still here and somehow just turned ten years old...
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8942 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8949 CPC Sunday by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8978 CPC Somber by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8994 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9034 CPC Red by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9035 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9037 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9074 CPC Dramatic by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr
Along the way, she's earned 44 titles from ten different organizations, mainly for parkour, but also tricks, walking, geocaching, and lure coursing.
She was in such bad shape that neither I nor my vet would have been surprised if she'd up and died on me that first weekend, and if she survived, she was going to go to a rescue, since I didn't need or want a third dog at that time.
Well, she's still here and somehow just turned ten years old...
2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8942 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8949 CPC Sunday by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8978 CPC Somber by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_8994 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9034 CPC Red by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9035 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9037 by Rosemary Elwell, on Flickr2022-1-20 Leo's 10th Birthday DSC_9074 CPC Dramatic by Rosemary Elwell, on FlickrAlong the way, she's earned 44 titles from ten different organizations, mainly for parkour, but also tricks, walking, geocaching, and lure coursing.
