Zoey

by Stephanie Files
(Indiana, United States)

Our Shiranian is a lovable dog that we rescued from a home that allowed the entire litter of puppies to run wild in the house. At four months old our little princess had never even been in a collar, never been on a leash, and had never been taken on a walk.

She is just over a year old now, and she is so smart. We had originally doubted her declared breed, but looking at photos online we can see that she is truly a Shiranian just as we were told. She loves our 3 children. One of our big housebreaking "problems" was trying to follow the rule of "once you let her out of the crate she MUST go outside immediately". In her case, she needs time to be excited and say "hello" to the family before we put her out or she won't do her job. Then after 4 or 5 minutes if we put her out she'll go! Once we figured that out, we haven't had another problem! ALSO, we have been so amazed by her in the car. We live 11 hours away from family, but when we need to travel with her she is the most awesome traveler. All she wants is her pillow next to someone in the front seat area, and she'll just lay down and enjoy the ride.

I love Shiranians. She is so attentive. She acts like she knows exactly what we're telling her and she often barks back like she's talking to us. It's so funny. I'm so happy she came to live with us. I am very blessed.