I didn't know it, but long before I met my human she was working very hard to get me! Her mom agreed to let her have a dog on the condition that she get her dad to agree, so every day for two months (before I was even born!), my human would bribe her dad with gifts and say "I love you, Daddy!" over and over until he finally agreed. Shortly after that, she came to see me and my sisters to pick which one of us would go home with her. And I'm the one she chose!

I was a very cute puppy, if I do say so myself. One of my ears stayed floppy for a very long time. Also, I never caused mischeif when I was a puppy (even though some incriminating photos mich say otherwise!). It was during my puppy-hood that I found my truest love of all: tennis balls! I also love frisbees and anything else that can be thrown, but tennis balls will always be my truest love. My human is second.

After I got spayed, something embarassing happened. I lost control of my bladder and peed in the house. I was very ashamed of this, but my human told me it was okay and took me to the vet. It turns out it really wasn't my fault, the spay had caused an imbalance in my hormones that made it difficult for me to control my bladder. I now have to take pills for it for the rest of my life, but that's okay because my pill comes in a treat and I love that!

Then, when I got a bit older, my left leg started to hurt a lot. Another trip to the vet found out that I had hip displacia. I had to have surgury on it a lot, and its still not 100%, but that doesn't slow me down much!

I lived most of my life in the country, where my human would throw the ball as far as she could and I could chase it. Or we could run together and I could herd her like a sheep! Then, after I had my hip surguries, my human bought me a pool! Its supposed to be for physical therapy, but it is so much fun. She even bought me a special pool ball to play with! She likes to soak it with water and then throw it to me so the water splashes when I catch it.

Now I live in a house with a smaller yard, but we're near a park so I can still run a lot. The new house has stairs, and I never learned to go up stairs so now I make my humans carry me so I don't hurt my bad hip any more.

What's really sad is that my human doesn't live with me anymore. She moved into an apartment with her fiance and she can't afford the medications I'm on for my hip and my hormones, so I live with her mom. Her mom works for a vet, so she can get the medications a bit cheaper and can get me doctor appointments whenever I need them. I guess its okay, but my human's mom doesn't like to run with me that much. Maybe someday I can go live with my human again, so I can herd her like a sheep again!