Just over one year ago this brown eyed gal joined our family. I feel like I had been waiting for her my whole life. I've wanted a dog for as long as I can remember. I'm an animal person it's true but I wanted the companionship of a dog. And after searching and searching we found this lady listed with a Korean rescue. Many of the local rescues would not adopt to our family because our children were under the age of 12. It was very disheartening but Lulu here was ok'd to live with young children so they chose our application.
Lulu didn't have a kind start to her life. For her first year she lived in a cage on a dog meat farm in Korea. She was liberated by a rescue in Korea and lived with them for another 6 months while they got her health and vaccinated before her trip to Canada. I must admit, after reading her story I expected her to be distrusting of people but she's the complete opposite. She's incredibly loving and trusting.
I was under no illusions that it would be easy owning a dog. Lulu was not leash trained so she would pull so much that I ended up with a wrist injury. She had no recall so I was constantly afraid she would get loose and never come back. She did escape our yard a few times but was luckily found and easily approached as she's so friendly.
We did several training classes and she's come so far. She is leash reactive with other animals and that's been a huge challenge. We often walk places we are unlikely to see other dogs. In spite of that she's been the best companion I could have ever dreamed of. She sleeps next to me, loves to cuddle, she doesn't bark or chew, she's very tolerant of the kids (they like to dress her up), she's fun to hike with, she comes running whenever I call. She's so loved.
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