Name: Baxter, but he is usually called “Pupper”…Baxter is usually reserved for when he’s being naughty 
Age: 1.5 years
Mix: Basset Hound/Springer Spaniel…realized only after seeing Sadie Mae on Muttskis!
Hobbies: Being very active and full of energy. Running, wrestling, sniffing and being chased. Also fetching, but not dropping his tennis ball. Going to Diggity Dog Daycare, where he can frolick with other dogs and get tons of exercise! And, chewing on shoes, pens, pencils, bras, etc…and snatching food off of the counter.
Owners: Aimee Hennessy and Brian Witt, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
Interesting note: Baxter was rescued from a puppy mill. A police officer decided to foster him until she could find him a home. He was found on Craigslist, and picked up that very night!
Name: Roscoe
Age: 10 Years
Mix: Red heeler/blue heeler/cocker spaniel
Hobbies: Playing with a rope toy and spinning in circles like crazy, and chasing horses and motorcycles. Being a star –Roscoe was on the Planet’s Funniest Animals few years ago.
Owner: Alison Lincoln of Kroghville, Wisconsin
Name: Zion
Age: Over 10
Mix: Beagle/Labrador
Hobbies: Loves hiking, stealing the covers, hogging the couch and hanging out with Fiver the rabbit.
Owner: Jessica, Fayetteville AR
Tess is a ten-year old Siberian husky, samoyed, wolf , chow chow, and border collie mix –what a mix that is! She is a herder and tries to keep all her humans close together and in a group. Tess loves playing in the snow, barking at me to get out of the water when I’m swimming, running with her owner when he snowboards and mountain bikes, destroying squeaky toys, and occasionally sharing an ice cream cone or popsicle with her humans.
Little Tess lives in Vermont with Dean and is also kept company by Dean’s daughter, Phoebe.
Name: Violet
Age: 16 months
Mix: Australian Cattle Dog/Collie
Hobbies: Playing fetch, tug of war and splashing in the river.
Owner: Tom, Olympia WA
Name: Bob
Age: 12 years
Mix: Jack Russell/Collie
Hobbies: Eating, playing, eating, going for walks, eating, sleeping, eating, getting rubs and tickles, eating, watching the world go by sitting on the windowsill, eating. Oh, and eating.
Owner: Liz in Newcastle, UK
Names: Sophie and Picasso
Ages: 1 year old and 13 years old
Mixes: Totally unknown
Hobbies: Chewing, running, napping and maoing
Owner: Billie Hill
Meet Sophie tucker. This adorable little Australian Cattle Dog fell overboard her owner’s boat over four months ago. The seas were rough and her family believed her to be drowned in the waves, but Sophie swam over five nauticle miles to an island and survived in the wild for four months.
Her family was devistated by their loss. However, when they heard about a ferral dog surviving on wild goats on Bees Island, they couldn’t help but hope it was their little girl -and it was. When rangers brought her back, she seemed extremely happy to be home with her family.
Griffith said that when the dog was first spotted on the island she had been in poor condition.
“And then all of a sudden she started to look good and it was when the rangers had found baby goat carcasses so she’d started eating baby goats,” she said.
Sophie Tucker, a member of the Australian cattle dog breed, had been quick to readjust to the comforts of home, complete with air conditioning, Griffiths said.
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As much as I love tripeds, it sincerely saddens me to know the spunky pups that survive so well without one of their limbs are doomed to die a very untimely death. It’s great to hear about advances like this one that help dogs who are handicapped due to accidents or birth defects live normal and lengthy lives.
