my story

I was born in a little town in Illinois, but I really don't remember much about that part of my life. My dog-mom was a powderpuff Crestie, and my dog-dad was hairless. I don't know how many brothers and sisters I had, but I do know that all we had was each other. Massah came and found me when I was six months old, and the first time I saw her I was SO HAPPY to get some attention! When she talked to Evil Lady who owned me, she found out that I and my brother were the last 2 dogs of the litter and that she couldn't get rid of us because no one wanted a weird little dog. Evil Lady kept us in a dark basement in a little cage. I had never seen the sun or grass or gone up steps or seen a car or anything else. When Massah first saw me I was covered in fleas, had lots of skin infections, was shaved so close that my skin was really irritated, smelled terrible because of my bad skin, and was the happiest dog she'd ever seen. This picture is from my first weekend home.

At first my sister hated me. She tried to eat me. Really. And I think she would have succeeded if I weren't in a crate with a wire door seperating us. I loved her right away, but it took her a while to warm up to me. I again want to say that I LOVE HER! I call her Mean Sister because she says mean things about me (she used to call me a naked, writhing, albino rodent) but I know deep down she cares about me too. I don't know if I would use the word "LOVE", but I'm working on that. She'll eventually get there. Here's me and my family, the first full day we were together.

I had some nifty clothes right from the start. :-) I was very white because I had never been in the sun (I'll get tan in the summer) and my face was shaved very close because Evil Lady wanted me to look like a "normal" dog I think. I didn't even have any of my freckles yet! You can see some scratches and skin irritations in this picture:

But now I'm much healthier, although we're still working on clearing up some of my skin issues. And I'm even happier! I'm happy all the time, about everything. I'm a little scared of people who smoke (Evil Lady did that) and older women (Evil Lady was old - like Cruella DeVille) but I warm up to them eventually. I'm very lucky to have Massah and Fig! I love them! And I love the rest of my family!