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| I am called Momma Simone by those who have learned to love me. "Momma because I gave birth to six beautiful Cho/Lab pups and "Simone" because it sounds like what I am -- sweet and beautiful and a little bit mysterious. Believe me the last few months of my life have been turbulent and joyful and frightening and miraculous. I started my journey back to the world of hope and joy the night I almost ran in front of a car on a dark desert road way out near Joshua Tree. I cannot tell you what I was doing there -- I was too cold and starving and worried about the pups who were about to be born. The road spread out empty exceptfor the occasional pair of great lights attached to cars, which hurtled at me like rockets. I am blacker than any night you might imagine so no one say me rushing along in the middle of the road. UNTIL a kind gentleman swerved to miss me and fishtailed off the road. I am a very nice girl and was easily convinced to get into his car!! At any rate, I was as skinny as a Joshua Tree's winter shadow and shivered like the wind blasting through all the desert passes. A few days later I gave birth to my charming pups. I WAS A SUPER GREAT MOMMA. Luckily the nice people at Underdog Rescue volunteered to take us in. Now almost all my pups are gone and I am alone again -- except my foster parents who love me. AND I have discovered the miracle of a warm fireplace and a good bone and meals that come regularly twice a day. Sometimes I think a car DID HIT ME and I went to doggie heaven. Well, my foster mom says I am one of the "easiest" dogs she has ever fostered (AND SHE HAS FOSTERED MANY MANY MANY.) I find this rather offensive because really no dog should be considered "easy." We all need love and care and companionship. But I think what she means is that I get along with all the other dogs and I do not beg for food or attention or to get in and out of the house. I AM JUST GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE NOW. I am not too rambunctious (although sometimes I do jump up and hug my foster mom when I see her.) I know whre the appropriate potty place is and I am NOT food aggressive even though I was hungry for a time. I am quiet (as in I do not bark much) and I am friendly to all the new people who come and go. OH, and I am not a "chewer" either. What else could you ask for. . .Or what you really should ask for is ME -- |