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09 Sep 13

Puppy Soul Mate? ...

by Nancy E. Hassel, LIPetPlace.com

Do you have a puppy soul mate? For most dog owners you know exactly what I am talking about that, the dog that you have or had in your life that was destined to be with you. Many dog owners refer to this dog as their ‘heart’ dog.  It’s not like loving one dog more than another, it’s more like the bond with your heart dog or soul mate dog is just different than other dogs you own (or have owned.)

There is just something about that dog that is different that you connect with more.  It can’t be explained rationally – but many dog owners know what I mean.  If you know me, you know I love my dog Max, and do everything I can to keep him healthy and happy at his senior age of 12 (although the puppiness still comes out daily with him!).  But if you really knowme, my dog Shanna was, so far, my heart dog.  Hopefully I will be lucky enough to have many different heart dogs throughout my lifetime, and it’s nothing against my Max – he has my heart – it’s just a different bond that’s all.(Little stinkerpants that he is!! BOL!)

Max used to sit on top of Shanna as a puppy once he got to big to lay next her! Stinker!

A story I read recently caught my attention not just because of the ’soul puppy’ status, but because of the three legged dog in the picture.  My Shanna was a 3 legged girl the last 4 years of life due to cancer – and while she was a show off on her 3 legs – she was also looked upon sadly by people that didn’t know her.  It didn’t slow her down and I think we shouldn’t look upon dogs or humans if they are missing a limb any differently. Dogs are resilient and so are many people like Kate and her puppy soul mate, here is her story:

I really am an animal lover and always have been since I was little.  With that said, I still wouldn’t have expected to be 21 years old, working and attending school full time while learning a new lifestyle as an above knee amputee, and then have the most perfect little dog fall into my life unexpectedly. It was so coincidental that I didn’t think twice before I deemed her mine forever and my puppy soul mate.

Fifteen months into my recovery I was successfully wearing a C-Leg daily, and for the last two of those months I had been walking on my own.  I was assistance free, no crutches or canes, and I was finally feeling like myself again. Well, a new me, but much better than I had felt in a year (a really long and hard year) of physical therapy and loads of determinationREAD more of Kate’s story by clicking here.

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