The picture of her as a baby with the pink toy <3 SO much cute!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
How did you end up with such a rare breed as your first dog?
OMG she was the most adorable of puppies... But an absolute TERROR. Even by Finnish Spitz standards
Ya know, I actually wanted a Cocker or a Malamute LOL. Once I started researching and emailing some breeders, I decided that neither breed was really for me. I basically went on AKC's website and just looked at pictures of all of the breeds. I had been watching Eukanuba and Westminster religiously since I was a kid and knew of a lot of the breeds, but had somehow sort of not noticed Finkies before. I mean, I remembered seeing them, but they never stood out while watching them on TV. But I saw the picture and put the breed on my short list (I figured I would base it on looks first, then when I had a variety of breeds narrow it down by temperament/health/etc.), did TONS of research, found and went to visit an AMAZING breeder near where we were living at the time (we were outside of Houston), and the rest is history.