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TarKom's Otter Be A Law
Tom
and I were married in mid-May. I brought Tootsie
and two cats into the marriage with me, but Tom had loved Labs since
his childhood, and really wanted one. I did some checking, contacted
Lab Rescue, completed an
In 2005, Otter was diagnosed with both a tumor in his spleen and Transitional Cell Carcinoma in his bladder. The prognosis is not good, and there really isn't much we can do about it. He is undergoing treatment to add quality to the quantity of his life. We love him and will enjoy him as much as possible for as long as we can. When he reaches the point where his pain or sickness begin to get the upper hand, we will let him go. Please say a prayer for Otter, and for us, as we can't imagine life without our big black dog. You can read a tribute to Otter at LRCP's website by clicking here.
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Unwanted
and abandoned, "Mario" was dumped at the pound a few weeks
before his first birthday. Unneutered and left at home alone all
day, uncrated, his owner's couldn't understand why he barked and
destroyed things during his lonely 8 or 9 hour days, so they dumped
him. Time had run out for this friendly black boy when 
application
and made several appointments to see dogs with various foster parents.
There were several to choose from, as there is typically an overabundance
of young, black males, which is what we wanted. We never made it
past our first appointment. We met a couple at the vet's office
where "Mario" was being boarded, and he was brought out
to meet us. After almost a month in various kennels, he was full
of energy, and was bouncing literally higher than our heads! We
fell in love on his second or third leap, and we never looked back.
We signed the paperwork, cancelled our other appointments and brought
home the year old black dog. We decided to change his name to "Otter,"
and later made his official name "Otter Be a Law" in acknowledgement
of the way he was dumped by the people he loved and trusted.
Upon
joining our family, Otter never looked back, and he has really bloomed.
He has been the "try out" dog on whom I have experimented
with different types of obedience training and agility. His good
nature and his sweetness, his gentleness with our then four year
old son and his acceptance of all I tried to do with him led me
to love Labs. Because of Otter, we got Molly, and later Gemma, and
the whole obsession with this wonderful breed began. We've had people
tell us that he was "lucky" to be adopted by us, but we
feel we're the fortunate ones. Our lives our brighter because of
him.
