RAGGS

I was 3 months old when I was turned into RRLA by someone who cared what happened to me.

I didn't know it then, but the person who came to pick me up was also going to be my new owner. I guess she figured that after being passed around to four different homes I'd had enough bouncing from one place to another! I was taken to The Animal Care Center of Huntington Beach where my new owner worked. The first thing that had to happen was a bath as we had to get rid of all the bugs on me. Boy did it feel good to be clean and smell good!

I was very naughty in the beginning; I chewed up stuff, got into lots of trouble eating rocks and socks. I can still suck a nice round hole in my bed. It’s a good thing that it all comes out in the end!

My mom started me in obedience class. We train at CIT with Cindy and Nancy, and as it turns out I love to work. I guess I should tell you that I was and still am sometimes fearful of people but my mom tells me things will be ok and they are. I should also tell you that shortly after starting obedience class it was discovered that I had a broken hip. Dr. Eich said that someone had dropped me or kicked me as a little puppy and that’s how it got broken. After surgery to fix my leg I had to recover so no more obedience, till I got better.

It was sometime later that a friend of my moms, Donna,also adopted a dog from RRLA, her name is Belle. Donna and Belle were working on a new kind of obedience title called Rally. Donna invited my mom to a dog show so she could see how well Belle was working. That was it, my mom knew I could do all the exercises needed to complete a Rally Title so we went back to class for some brush up work. I am now Raggs CD RE and working on my RAE. I am not able to jump the full height for the more advanced obedience titles but in Rally I only have to jump 16” and I can do that with my eyes closed.

Look for my mom and me at a dog show near you!

Thanks for reading my story Raggs the rescue dog. And who says you can't compete with a rescue.