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john991

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Great White North - aka Canada
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rambo47

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Yes! She’s 5 and a love. Definitely a third child lol :)
Shih-Tzu's don't have owners - they have staff. My wife picked her out of a litter by her baby picture. One look and she said, "That's our dog." Unfortunately we live in New Jersey and Ginger (our soon to be family member) was born in Missouri. Turned out the breeder was driving through Memphis Tennessee the next week and agreed to meet me at the Memphis Airport with Ginger. I flew down, picked up our adoptee, and immediately flew back. Some time on the trip the dog bonded with me and I became her minion. She manipulated me at every turn. She batted her eyelashes at me and was an unapologetic flirt from the start.

We only had her for 10 years. She was born the runt of her litter but grew to 27 lbs, almost twice the size of her parents and littermates. And not fat - just unusually large for the breed. With that hyper growth came a shorter lifespan, ending in organ failure. She died in my arms in 2016, having only been sick for a few days. We gave her the most glorious 10 years though. I spoiled her at every opportunity. She absolutely loved people and our daily walks (at her insistence) through the neighborhood were punctuated with adults and children alike coming out of their houses to say hello and give her belly rubs. She was boisterous but never growled at anyone or bit anyone. I still miss her every day. Most mornings I get up and look for her at the foot of our bed, just for a second.

I have a tattoo of her paw print, stylized into a 4-leaf clover (her birthday was St. Patrick's Day) with a dash of her ashes mixed into the ink on my forearm.
 

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