<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Well, let me just clarify ... Snoopy had the worst case of PTSD I'd ever seen and the shelter knew why. Here is what they told us.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">1) Snoopy was microchiped by his breeder (he is a beauty). They called the number on the microchip when they picked him up as a stray.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">2) He was skin and bones and fleas with infections in his ears,
eyes and feet when they found him. Also a terrible cough and colored discharge from the eyes and nose.</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">3) When they called the number on the microchip they were told:</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a) Snoopy's momPerson (named Diane) had died 9 months before</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>b) the family had given Snoopy away the NEXT day</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>c)
the family did not remember who they had given Snoopy away to</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>d) nobody there was willing to bail Snoopy out of the pound</span></font></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></span></font></div><div>And so the county shelter decided they would vacinate him and deflea him and try to find someone to take him.</div><div><br></div><div>Poor Snoopy wouldn't
even let us cuddle him at first. I'll never forget the first time he did ... both he and Cyrus were on the floor and on their backs and my husband and I were giving belly rubs and I said "Snoopy can you feel the love?" And Snoopy rolled over on his tummy and just started to sob like a human. I thought he'd hurt himself and my DH said "no, honey he's just being emotional, leave him be."</div><div><br></div><div>You should see my Snuggly little Snoopy these days. Even the regulars at the dog park comment, he's nothing like the dog I brought there in January. He struts and he's so happy and proud ... what a joy to see. And that's what happens at home too, he and Cyrus get along great most of the time unless there's food or Snoopy is sleepy ... then we think Snoopy has "flashbacks." He freaked out leaving the dog park yesterday and my friend Roberta said "Dale, he doesn't like my dog walking behind him is all (she
has a giant schnauzer)" </div><div><br></div><div>It'll take a while yet (5 months so far). He's not mean ... just scared ... and we'll be there for him no matter what .... I just wish he'd quit yelling at Cyrus.</div><div><br></div><div>--Dale</div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Arial"></font>
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