Sweetie - The World's
Strangest Dog
My husband has the biggest
heart in the world. With three dogs already underfoot, he found another
down by the bullring. She is an Italian Greyhound, and she was starving
and covered with mange.
Nevertheless, he brought her home, and we nursed her back to health.
Sweetie has the broadest vocal
range of any dog I have ever seen. When she uses her big dog voice, she
sounds like a Rottweiler. She is extremely timid since she spent much of
her life on the street
being abused. She nearly starved to death, and malnutrition caused her
eyesight to be very
poor. Since she cannot see clearly, any movement outside the front gate
sends her into
hysterical barking. She isn't barking at what she thinks she sees.
Rather, she's barking at Poco,
the alpha male, to try and get him to do something to protect the pack.
She is very difficult to handle
since she doesn't like to be approached, and she doesn't come when
called. All efforts to train her have been resisted. She is content
to hide under Gregg's desk much of
the time, and she does inform him when anyone else enters the room by getting up
on her hind legs
and giving his arm a lick.
Any serious handling of Sweetie
requires a muzzle, so it's always a big deal when the vet comes to give all the
dogs
their immunizations. It's like a four-ring circus. Yes, the vet,
like our doctor, makes house calls here in Costa Rica.
Very accommodating, and very convenient.
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