Sounds alot like the Schipperke personality. Perhaps that is why both came up as a choice.
Oh, Ellpus, your dog photo made me cry.
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I side with a shelter acquistion. I think they somehow know what you have done for them and become eternal friends.
micky--
My shelter dog and I have long conversations about her incredible luck in being one of the 20% of shelter dogs who get adopted.
She still wants the center of the bed.
