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LOOKING FOR MY FOREVER HOME!

A Note From Rufus:

Hey... Rufus here. I've been at my foster home for just about a week now, and boy is this place sweet! Two square meals a day, and a treat at bedtime! Plus I got two foster sisters here who are really nice: There's an older Black lab who reminds me a little of my real mom, and there's this other dog named Gracie who is just about my own age. That's us in the picture below. I think Gracie is pretty sweet, if you catch my drift. We all get along real good. I don't know from “cats”, but if I ever see one, I'm pretty sure I'd like to chase it... just for fun... like I do with squirrels!

Suppose we should set the record straight: I'm really only 32 pounds... which is 10 pounds less than my girlfriend... I mean Gracie. Guess I could stand to gain a few pounds anyway, cuz we didn't eat too good in the joint. Now that I am on the outside, I figure there's a few things I still need to learn. Crate trained?? Yeah right! If you mean trained to avoid them confining little cages at all costs!! First night here I put up such a fuss, barking and whining for half the night. Must have worked though, cuz now I get to sleep wherever I want, and I don't cause no trouble. I figure I know my name now, and a few basic people words like “come” and “sit” and “No Rufus!”. Fact is I ain't never had no real schoolin' and I hope I can get me some dog edjumacation in one of them Obedience Classes. Gracie went to one, and she's real classy!

Yeah, I guess you could say I'm pretty well housebroke... I mean I ain't never done #2 in the house ... no way man!! I have lifted the old leg a few times where I shouldn't have... if you get my drift. Heck, I don't know why I did it either. Maybe cuz it was new territory, and I just had to mark it with something. I didn't have no can of spray paint, so I just made do with what I had. Trust me.. I'll get over the urge, I promise. I think there must have been some Terrier on my old man's side of the family... who knows? Hey.... gotta go... guess we're all goin' to someplace called a “dog park” for a little R&R. Geeze, what a life!

Anyway, think about it.... the permanent adoption thing.... I mean I ain't perfect or nothin', but what I lack in size, I sure make up for in good looks!! Heh, heh. Just ask Gracie!! Later-gator....
Rufus T. McGufus

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