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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tomorrow,
Friday, is Sister Anna’s first Gotcha Day. I don’t normally
pay all that much attention to events like this, (Gracie’s Gotcha Day is
in May and Holly’s was Monday) but Anna is a special case. For one
thing, she is very silent and good and never gives any trouble, so she
doesn’t get talked about a lot like Holly and Gracie do. Anna is
always quietly in the background, she is not demanding at all. I make
sure that everyone gets their fair share of treats and belly rubs and attention,
but the other two demand attention and Anna waits for attention. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Anna
is somewhere around 9 years old and had been with her foster family for six
months before coming to live with us. She was found wandering out on
her own in the country, so no one knows her history, but we have made some
educated guesses in the last year. If you watch her, the thing that
really strikes you is, she loves men. Then if you keep watching, you
realize that she is constantly on the lookout for men, and when she sees a man
she wants to go meet him and check him out, it’s like a very strong
compulsion, she must meet all men she sees. Another interesting thing
about her is the way she rides in the car, it’s like she is used to
riding in the front seat of a pickup truck. We decided almost right away
that she had had a Daddy in her life who she loved very much, and after
watching her with men this last year, I’ve decided that something
happened that she doesn’t know or understand, her Daddy suddenly
disappeared and she was out on her own, and she doesn’t know what
happened or why. Because it’s pretty apparent that wherever she
goes, she wants to check out every man she sees because she is looking for her
Daddy. It’s kind of sad.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Anna
is not a beautiful dog, just average, especially compared to Gracie and Holly,
who are both beautiful dogs. But she is just about the sweetest dog you
will ever meet, and her internal beauty shows through, everyone who meets her
loves her. We have fattened her up to a normal weight, you can’t
believe how skinny she was when she got here, her foster Mom said she had tried
to put weight on her but nothing worked. We feed home cooked foods and a
lot of other things that fosters simply can not do, so Sister Anna looks good
now, she has filled out and her coat is shiny and in good shape and her skin
problems and allergies have cleared up. While she’ll never win any
beauty contests, she’s a nice looking, happy Mama’s girl who has
claimed the couch in the den for her permanent bed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I’m
really lucky to have my three senior old ladies, they are all extremely sweet,
loving and good girls, and are just a blessing. Sister Anna, happy first
Gotcha Day, we hope you have many, many more. Thank you for coming to
live with us and for being Mama’s sweet girl.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=JanieHmkBold><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:JanieHmkBold'>Anita Woodrum</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="mailto:a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net">a.woodrum@sbcglobal.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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