Amore, aka Mo,
turns EIGHT today!!
Mo is the
matriarch of our whole breeding program. We got her at the age of 16 months, in
whelp, from Urban Doodles in Calgary in June 2009. She was in part my
daughter’s ninth birthday present (so now you can figure out how old my
daughter will be this spring). From day one she has known she was my daugher’s
dog, sleeping in her room, watching over her, keeping an eye on her when we
would be out hiking or playing. She is a very maternal, caring and smart dog
with a bit of a protective streak, so we could never have prospective puppy
families visit before her pups turned six weeks and even then we had to watch
her as she didn’t like strangers handling her pups. For all that, the pups from
her that we’ve kept as breeders have been calm and pretty laid back (especially
Galena!).
Mom gave us
15 pups in four litters, so she was never a big producer, but we loved her
anyhow. She is now the family pet and matriarch of the pack. She is sometimes a
bit jealous when Galena, Phoenix or Topaz have their pups and acts like she’d
like to be the mom, but knows to keep her distance as they other moms don’t
want her barging in (for all they accept humans, another dog is more
threatening).
Born on
Valentine’s Day, our Amore is indeed our love.
Happy eighth
birthday Mo!!
