We named her Bunny Three Quarters and if you have a look at her picture, you'll understand why
Bunny (previously Hannah) was found as a stray and brought into a kennel. They later found her previous owners but they refused to pay the kennel fee to get her back. I'm guessing they weren't too keen on having her home or perhaps they really couldn't afford the fee.
She was then handed into Dogs Trust where we adopted her.
She is not a very big dog, just slightly larger than Bronx and unfortunately that intimidates him a little bit. They are not enemies and they do like each other, but are still sorting out hierarchical issues..
We have no idea how she lost her leg but the vet's notes from Dogs Trust said that she is an amputee.. considering she has a tendency to run out into traffic when we take her out, I'm guessing she must have had an accident with a vehicle.
My parents are officially baffled as to why we keep bringing old, disabled pets home. They figured after Jake passed on that we would probably go and adopt a proper, blemish free puppy.
The thing is.. we don't see Bronx, Bunny or Wibble as imperfect. Sure, they have a disability. In Bronx's case, he's just old. But that doesn't make him any less of a good dog.
Bunny hops around when she walks but when she runs in the fields she's as normal as any other German Sheppard.
Wibble is 3/4 blind, but he's as naughty as his brother. He goes places he's not supposed to. He reaches for things he isn't supposed to be able to reach. He eats the door, the door frame, boxes, books, cables.. anything he isn't supposed to eat. The only difference is that he's a lot more paranoid but he finds comfort in long sessions of chin rubbing.
We take them in because we know we are willing to deal with these issues. We are willing to sit with Wibble for hours to give him a chin massage to reassure him that everything is okay and Chicken Pie was just being bossy boots. We took the dogs home to be part of our family, not to have them as guard dogs.
It is miles away from the Malaysian mentality where German Sheppards and other bigger dogs are prized and encouraged to be aggresive to ward off potential thieves or robbers.
Our pets are part of the family, they are loved, cared for and they give back, not by guarding our house, but by loving us the same.
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