Chloe is a lovely, long-haired, purebred German Shepherd Dog with the prettiest face imaginable. She is very sweet, shy, and gentle; she loves other dogs, cats, kids, and people, and has such good manners. She was rescued last November (2007) from a bad backyard breeder after spending 5 years in a cage having puppies. She was in a foster home until March 2008, when I adopted her.

Chloe was diagnosed with heartworm (and urinary tract infection AND she was in heat...poor baby) when I adopted her, and she underwent the Immiticide treatments and antibiotics for the UTI and the heartworm larvae over the last two months. She seems to be doing well, and we're almost out of the woods. Once she gets the all-clear from the vet on the h/w condition, I can have her spayed. The vet wouldn't spay her until the heartworms were dead, because she is a high anesthesia risk with heartworm.

This is my dream dog; I couldn't have created a dog that I love more. Her eyes could melt the coldest soul.

Our new command is "Don't step on the cats!!" because when I come home from work, she gets so excited and starts bounding around the living room like a horse, and woe to the cats under her feet! She has a great respect for the cats otherwise, and sometimes thinks they are her puppies, I think.

She is so affectionate and loving, and very, very intelligent. She's intuitive and can figure anything out that she sets her mind to. She is still very shy and has a long way to go with trusting people, but she's secure and confident with me and that's a great start. I can't remember what life was like without her.