Dog was nearly put down because she barked at another dog

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00:00 She was emaciated, she was pregnant, and in the x-ray you can see a bullet lodged in her lung.

00:05 I'm Miki and this is Moose's story for GeoBeats.

00:09 She was set to be euthanized the day before I applied for her, and they had one extra kennel open,

00:15 and so they gave her an extra day, and that's when I saw her.

00:18 They put her on a bus from Texas, and I picked her up in Virginia.

00:22 She looks around all nervous, sniffs me, and I started petting her, and then she kind of figured it out,

00:26 and she hopped in the back of my car and we went home.

00:30 She sniffs her toys and getting to realize, "Oh, these are mine. I can play with these."

00:34 I think she must have had another owner and just gotten out because she came to me fully potty trained.

00:43 She knew drop it, which was a really random trick for her to know, and she's always just been perfect in the house.

00:52 It's really sad because she was behavioral euthanasia, and the only thing I saw in all of her staff notes was that she barked at a dog.

00:59 This makes me happy.

01:00 From what I've seen with her, she gets very, very excited and wants to be every dog's best friend,

01:05 which we've been working on because a lot of dogs don't like her excitement.

01:09 But her temperament was perfect.

01:13 I have some mobility issues, and so she's training to be a service dog.

01:17 Besides that, I've considered doing a therapy dog certification because she loves other people, especially little kids.

01:23 There's such a stigma around this breed specifically.

01:31 I would go on walks with my friend who had an Australian Shepherd,

01:34 and people would literally stop and ask to take pictures of her dog and ask to pet her dog,

01:38 and I would be standing there with Moose, and no one would give her attention, and it would break my heart.

01:43 I'm shocked that this dog, considering how terrible her first year of life was, wants to be everyone's best friend.

01:49 We're going to make sure the bullet hasn't moved.

01:54 It doesn't bother her. It's lodged between two of her ribs,

01:57 and so it would be more difficult to take it out and cause her more damage.

02:02 I've had her for almost a year and a half.

02:06 She's always been a sweet dog, but she's finally realized that I'm her person.

02:12 She sees me now, and she gets so excited.

02:14 She's like, "Oh, you came back for me!"

02:16 With my health issues, it's interesting because usually she sleeps by my legs,

02:21 but if I'm having a flare and really, really don't feel good, she'll sleep up by my head, and it's really cute.

02:27 It makes me happy that she's safe, but also really sad because there's so many awesome dogs

02:33 that get euthanized every year just because there's not space.

02:36 She was going to get euthanized for behavior issues that don't even exist.

02:41 It's just sad because she's perfect.

02:43 Good night.

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