I've been thinking about it "MY" first dog after this thread was bumped
I even made a little post about it in my blog hehe.
Maddie is, technically "MY" first dog. She's the first dog I have solely cared for, bought(paid) things for, raised from a puppy, trained etc etc.
But Buffy immediately came to mind. Buffy was, of course, technically my Mom's dog. She had this dog when I was born... but Buffy took to me, and was by my side constantly. I don't remember remember Buffy
specifically, but I remember her presence - does that make sense? I remember her always being around. She never needed a leash or anything like that. I have pictures of her laying under my crib, swing, etc and playing outside with me in the summer, winter, and fall...
So, of course, I've seen tons of pictures of her, always by me, in my baby book and such. After seeing this thread on Chaz I decided to look through the old photo albums to see what I could find.
The pictures of Buffy I found gave me chills
I think she looks A LOT like Maddie... especially in the face. And I mean A LOT . I did a double take, lol, it gave me chills when I was looking at her pictures in my baby book.
In this (full) picture, my Grandma is holding me and I am probably around 6mos old...
and from what my Mom tells me, Maddie is very much like Buffy in temperament. Of course, Maddie has had a lot more training and knows a lot of tricks and stuff like that, but Buffy was really well behaved... She didn't need to know commands or what not to understand what they wanted. And in some ways, Maddie is a lot like that, too. It's like she understands english, lol
In my childhood we also had a shar pei, GSD fosters, bealges, but another
one stuck out to me... because we were so close, and I litterally feel like I grew up with this dog. And I practically did, we got Nikki when I was around 4ish (after Buffy passed) and I was 17, going into my senior year of high school when we had to help her cross the bridge
Nikki ♥
Here's Nikki and Maddie when she was about 8 weeks old