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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok I've got two!

1) We have an Australian Shepard that is sort of a rescue.  She was brought up on a farm with sheep, and was part of a litter of 11.

For every star sheep herder, there are siblings who just don't have the talent. She is timid.  The sheep herded her!  The rancher was disgusted with her and even though she has fancy bloodlines, just gave her to us.

Anyways the same qualities that made her a crummy sheepherder make her a great pet.  She doesn't nip or bark or do anything to be difficult.  She was practically seamless in integrating into our home because she was an adult and fully trained. She has really come into her own, where she is not afraid and very happy.   She's totally gentle and all dogs seem to know this; all dogs like her.

The other thing is my DH is allergic but he takes shots now because he loves her so much and wants the kids to have a dog.  Everyone loves her so much.

2) We had a cockatiel that was 20 years old that died.  That bird was amazing, but I wasn't looking to replace him.

We ended up at a bird supply store which is also a sanctuary and there was a cockatiel there.  I thought he was just being boarded, but turns out he was a return...he was originally found after a huge fire in California, and named Sparky, and a family took him in.  But 9 months later, the family had some kind of family emergency and brought him back.  They said he was not tame.

At the time we were having some crises in the family (my mother dying; one child with a medical crisis) I said to my family:  "No, no...I'm not looking for a project."  But I looked over at my DH and he had tears in his eyes.  I dragged him outside and said, "why are you tearing up?  My mom? or X? or Y?"

And he said, "Sparky. I can't believe they abandoned him!"

And I thought, Ok, we are adopting this untame bird.  So we did.

And Sparky turned out to be tame and a great little bird!

And one day while outside on my kid's shoulder as she was playing a guitar, a hawk flew by and scared him and he took off and ended up on the roof of the neighbor's house.  We called the fire department and they actually came and got him down.  It made the local paper!  Ha we love our little Sparky![/quote]

Those are sweet stories about your pets, but your husband?  SO sweet.[/quote]

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