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I mentioned awhile ago we were thinking of adopting from a rescue, and now I am proud to present Kash and Lucy! They have been in our family for about a month now and they are fitting in very well.

Kash is male, and was considered a senior by the rescue when he first came in, but after getting groomed and now more comfortable with us, I am sure he is no more than 4 years old. He has a ton of energy and plays like a puppy! He is very limber and has no troubles running or jumping or trying to get all the attention! The rescue called him a Bichon cross, but we think he is a maltese cross, and our vet thought so too. Since he was taken in by the rescue, he was neutered and had to have his front teeth removed because they were in bad shape.

Lucy is female, and the rescue thought she is 8-10 years old, and I thought so too at first, but now I think she may be younger as well. She is a yorkie cross! We think she may be crossed with shih-tzu or something like that. Her tail curls over her back, and she has a soft thick coat of fur, but doesn't shed. She is much more timid and she loves to hide in a den, whether it be her crate or her little padded velcro dog house we got for her to sleep in at night! She jumps and runs away when someone makes a sudden move, so it seems she may have been abused before. Just in the past month she has gotten much more open with us, running around and greeting us when we get home, and she actually just started playing with toys last week! At the rescue she had quite a bit of dental work done. She is left with just three teeth, but she is happy to eat softened kibble, and she knows she gets the special soft treats which they all think taste better! She also had some mammary tumors removed, but luckily none were cancerous.

These two were abandoned together at a vet's office, and nobody ever came to claim them so the rescue took them in. They were severely matted and their teeth were black, but they were together and they always want to be together. If one goes outside, they wait outside the door on the deck for the other to come so they can run down the stairs and pee in the yard together! They are quite attached to each other, and it's really cute!