Sadie

Sadie is a Rottie-witha-weebitta-Dobie. Originally intended as a Christmas present for an 11 year old boy across our back fence, she quickly tired of being kept in the backyard with no food, no water and no attention. As a very small dog, she quickly got out under the fence and began roaming the street and backyards. My wife would treat her well. After a couple weeks of street roaming and sleeping on our front porch, we decided to take her in.

It wasn't like the little kid was just going to let us do this. He would come over and curse us and threaten us, to which I would say "Just go get your parents". When he threatened us with his BB gun, I called the cops. The cops told the kid he had abandoned his dog, and that these nice people over here now own the dog, which meant he had lost his dog, so go home.

Sadie was pretty much nuts the first few days we had her. Any food presented was devoured in moments. Any and all toys belonging to our Wonderdog, Prissy, were gathered in a pile and jealously guarded. But Sadie and Prissy got along and destroyed the grass in the yard while playing through the remainder of that wet winter.

Now, two years later, Sadie is mellowed out some, quite obedient, very attentive, and a fully qualified, trusted member of our pack.