Tessie
After my roommates Aaron & SarawithouttheH rescued Lucy back in January I became really interested in rescue dogs, Boxers in particular. With the way the economy is these days so many poor puppers are being abandoned because their families can't afford a pet or they lost their home and couldn't have a dog living out of a motel, car/truck, or whatever. The other issue with Boxer's is that there is a false public perception that they are mean aggressive dogs. For the breed in general that couldn't be further from the truth, Boxers are total goof balls and wicked loving. All these wanna be gangbangers go out and get a Boxer puppy thinking they are getting a bad ass guard dog only to find out they got a clown instead. Then they just abandon the poor pupper and try again.
After learning all this I started putting together a short film on Lucy's story and rescue dogs in general. This brought me to volunteer down at the Boxer Rescue of LA (BRLA). BRLA has some abso-frikin-lutley rock star dogs! Honestly though after spending time with all the puppers it is hard to leave them at the end of the day. I wanted to take all of them home with me. Every one is deserving of a second chance. After a few weeks it was obvious I had to do a little bit more to help out. That is where Tessie comes in.
We do not know whole lot about Tessie before she was rescued by BRLA. We can piece a little bit of the last few weeks together but everything else is a mystery. She was attacked and munched on by a larger dog and then either abandoned at the animal hospital or found by the animal hospital in San Bernadino. Boxer Rescue found out about her and picked her up from there. She was really sick when I first met her. She had some pretty serious kennel cough which was very close to turning into pneumonia and some digestive issues. Both are pretty common in rescue dogs but because she had been neglected and chewed on before hand it was a little more serious with her.
It was impossible to walk into the infirmary and not want to take her home. Those big brown eyes of hers just say love me! Once her health had improved enough she was ready for a new home. Aaron, Laurel, and myself drove down to BRLA Sunday with their Boxer's Kaya and Lucy and the Golden Retreiver Saide. It was a lot of furriness. We introduced the house dogs to five or six rescues hoping for a match. We first tried a male Brindle with a big black face named Legend. He was an awesome awesome dog but the ladies we not all the excited about him. Then there was Gunner, then Rags, then Lola (the godzilla Boxer, super huge!) and a couple others-- all amazingly great dogs but just not a match. Last but not least came Tessie. She was the only pup that day that the three house dogs did not seem to mind. After a walk around the block all four dogs curled up in the shade and took a nap. We were finally off to the races!
We do not know whole lot about Tessie before she was rescued by BRLA. We can piece a little bit of the last few weeks together but everything else is a mystery. She was attacked and munched on by a larger dog and then either abandoned at the animal hospital or found by the animal hospital in San Bernadino. Boxer Rescue found out about her and picked her up from there. She was really sick when I first met her. She had some pretty serious kennel cough which was very close to turning into pneumonia and some digestive issues. Both are pretty common in rescue dogs but because she had been neglected and chewed on before hand it was a little more serious with her.
It was impossible to walk into the infirmary and not want to take her home. Those big brown eyes of hers just say love me! Once her health had improved enough she was ready for a new home. Aaron, Laurel, and myself drove down to BRLA Sunday with their Boxer's Kaya and Lucy and the Golden Retreiver Saide. It was a lot of furriness. We introduced the house dogs to five or six rescues hoping for a match. We first tried a male Brindle with a big black face named Legend. He was an awesome awesome dog but the ladies we not all the excited about him. Then there was Gunner, then Rags, then Lola (the godzilla Boxer, super huge!) and a couple others-- all amazingly great dogs but just not a match. Last but not least came Tessie. She was the only pup that day that the three house dogs did not seem to mind. After a walk around the block all four dogs curled up in the shade and took a nap. We were finally off to the races!
Hello world!
What do you mean sit pretty? There's sand to be eaten photo boy!
Tessie has two speeds-- nap and full-bore sprint. This is good because I have two speeds as well-- nap and ummm well nap again.
Lucy & Tessie found they have a lot in common, namely sneaking afternoon naps in the sunshine.
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