| Mitize came into my life when she
was 1 year old. A friend of mine called me and said
there was an ad on the bulletin board of her Vet's
office for a female German Shepherd. Are you
interested in? She knew I loved German Shepherds, I
had Lavette at the time who was 6 years old. I'm not
sure but I can call. So my friend Kim got the number
for me. I called and yes they still had her. She
belonged to a couple who was going through a divorce
and neither of them wanted her. They said she was
too much for them to handle and she was a fence
jumper. I made arrangements to go see her the next
day. Mitize was a beautiful Black and Tan with a
beautiful face. I fell in love and Mitize and I came
home together.
Mitize consider herself my protector. I did not
have any problems with her. She never tried to run
away. She loved to ride in the car and would lay her
paws on the back of my driver seat and looked out
the window as I drove. She was always close by. She
was friendly with people and would bark when someone
came to the door, but when I told her it was OK, she
accept my visitors.
One day there was a knock at my door. When I went
to the door there was a man standing there. He
started in with a long story of how his car ran out
of gas, he had no money on him, he pointed to a car
on the street and wanted to know if he could get
money for gas. I said I'm sorry I did not have any
cash on me. He then asked if I had a cigarette and I
said no I do not smoke. The whole time Mitize just
sat behind me with a constant low rumble and growl.
This was not like her and I knew she sensed
something was wrong. The guy picked up on it too and
said your dog does not like me. I said yes I can see
that and I think you better go. I'm sorry. When he
did leave I watched from my door and when he was out
of the yard I walked out into the yard and watched
him from behind a tree. He walked right past the car
he said was his and did not stop at any more homes
near me.
The next day in the newspaper was a story of a
couple that had been robbed by a guy who stopped and
asked them for money for gas. I went and gave Mitize
the biggest hug I could. She KNEW and she let me
know. |
