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Written: Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 pm

Hi, I’m Nissa. I’m a black and tan sable coated German Shepherd (so my fur is even softer than Rileys!). My face is very black and so it’s hard to see how pretty I am in the picture. I was one of 10 puppies so I had lots of brothers and sisters to play with. I turned one year old on April 17, 2008. This is the story of me and of how I came to live here when I was three months old.

It was pretty scary to be taken away from my Mom & Dad and brothers & sisters. It was a long ride home and I got sick which wasn’t any fun at all. I thought I was gonna be in big trouble, but nobody seemed to be mad.

When we got home Mom and Dad took me into the back yard to meet Riley. Oh boy was that ever scary! He was really big compared to me and my brothers and sisters. He ran right over and started sniffing me. I was so scared! I was shaking and looking for a place to hide! I started running to get away from him, but I guess Riley thought I was playing and so he started chasing me. I heard him say “Hey Mom! Thanks for the new toy!” Ugh! Toy indeed!

After running away from Riley for awhile trying to find safe places to hide (he’s very persistent!) I learned that even though he was a little rough around the edges (I think I still have a few permanent holes in my butt where he nipped me), he was really just playing. He did tell later me that he was sorry, and that he was just so happy to have a furry friend to play with he kind of got over-excited. We’re the best of friends now :)

To back up a little bit, I’ve heard Mom say that she really didn’t want me at first. That REALLY hurt my feelings until she explained that it wasn’t me personally she didn’t want, it was that she didn’t want a PUPPY. She wanted a dog more Riley’s age and she wanted another rescue dog because so many of them need homes. Mom looked and looked for about two months and there just wasn’t another rescue dog that was good for Riley. My Dad kept mentioning getting a puppy and Mom told him no puppies! But they were really getting worried about him. You see they had fostered two shepherds that Riley got really attached to and then they went to their Forever Homes and Mom told me that Riley was very sad and depressed. He just layed around groaning and sighing sometimes. Mom said she cried just watching him when he was like that. As much as Mom knows that Riley loves her very much, she also knows that every dog needs a best furry friend and she wanted Riley to have one, too. So you see, even though two months is not very long to be looking for a dog - it’s a very long time when you are sad.

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