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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 741848" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>NO WAY. Husky is M's favorite, the northern breeds. I do not have the personality to handle a fraternal breed. I understand that.</p><p></p><p>Our boxer Dolly is like Jackson. She is 10 now. We have had her over 9 years. She was run over by a car and abused. She did not bark. She was terrified. But from the first moment I met her in the shelter she tried to smile and bond with me, and wag her little stump tail. She was covered with mange. They would not let me adopt her. They said she was too medically compromised. I pushed and pushed. </p><p></p><p>She is the most confident of dogs all of these years later. I taught her to bark years ago, and until I read this I did not remember. The real turning point for her was when we adopted Romy, the Yorkie. They are buddies. They dominate the backyard. When Dolly entered into the world of dog-ness with Romeo is when she recovered her true spirit. She was able to reconnect with that genetically given strength and only then let go of the human-world trauma. All of the love we gave her, could not by itself help her recover herself. But Romy did.</p><p></p><p>I feel there is a parallel to humans here. That maybe as we get old we are able to reconnect with something intrinsic in us that gives us strength, consoles and sustains us. I think our animals help us do this. At least I feel this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 741848, member: 18958"] NO WAY. Husky is M's favorite, the northern breeds. I do not have the personality to handle a fraternal breed. I understand that. Our boxer Dolly is like Jackson. She is 10 now. We have had her over 9 years. She was run over by a car and abused. She did not bark. She was terrified. But from the first moment I met her in the shelter she tried to smile and bond with me, and wag her little stump tail. She was covered with mange. They would not let me adopt her. They said she was too medically compromised. I pushed and pushed. She is the most confident of dogs all of these years later. I taught her to bark years ago, and until I read this I did not remember. The real turning point for her was when we adopted Romy, the Yorkie. They are buddies. They dominate the backyard. When Dolly entered into the world of dog-ness with Romeo is when she recovered her true spirit. She was able to reconnect with that genetically given strength and only then let go of the human-world trauma. All of the love we gave her, could not by itself help her recover herself. But Romy did. I feel there is a parallel to humans here. That maybe as we get old we are able to reconnect with something intrinsic in us that gives us strength, consoles and sustains us. I think our animals help us do this. At least I feel this. [/QUOTE]
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