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Rex
We adopted Rex against what I thought was my "Better Judgment." One of our dogs had died and there was such a tremendous empty place in the house that we wanted to try and fill it. Knowing that nothing would ever take the place of our lost dog Grimly I, in protest, agreed to help find another pet. We found Rex (formally Chris). He wasn't exactly what we were looking for. He growled at everything and everyone. Rex had been picked up on the streets of Copake, NY. He lived out of garbage cans and annoyed the towns people. They in turn threw rocks at this dog. We took Rex home for a test run. He was a difficult animal at best. If you walked past him he growled. If you talked to him he growled. If you tried to pet him he would get up from the spot he was laying, growl and walk away. "What a wonderful family pet" I thought. At the prompting from the rest of the family I agreed to keep Chris....the first thing we did was change his name. Chris became Rex. Slowly but steadily his personality began to change. This was a slow process but it was well worth the effort on his part as well as ours. He is a most wonderful creature. Even at the thought of him my heart fills with love and Joy. We have always had dogs but this dog has such personality he is almost human and with some of the looks you get from him you almost hope he isn't thinking what you think he may be thinking!! He loves to play and cries (or sings as I call it) if you stop petting him.....or you get "the Look". He can catch anything u throw his way.......we're sure it is due to his having rock thrown at him that has made him such a great catcher. This dog is a part of our family and we are happy to have him as such. The only time Rex growls at us now is if one of us happens to be sitting in HIS spot on the couch.....which happens to be The Whole Couch. Thanks for the opportunity to talk about Rex. He thinks it was high time he got some notoriety
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