Charlotte was adopted in August 2010; we had not long ago lost our previous dog to severe arthritis and hip dysplasia that we had to have her euthanized.  As you can imagine, we were very sad and lost without her and my two daughters 14 and 16 had basically grown up with her.  Her name was Lexi and she too was a pup we had rescued and adopted.

We visited the Aylmer SPCA during a soccer tournament and we all fell in love with the “quiet” sad little black puppy.  We adopted her and took her home two days later.  Charlotte was Sara at the time.

Charlotte certainly has lost her quiet shyness and is a happy, rambunctious little pup now.  As you can see from her photos, she has made friends with our neighbour's dog.  The photo of Charlotte in the snow was taken the morning of our first snowfall on Halloween; Charlotte ran crazy through the snow and absolutely loved it.  The other photo of her is actually when we took her home from the shelter, such a tiny little thing. 

Charlotte is a sweet, loving little dog and greatly enjoys sleeping on our beds or being on the couch, she is always beside one of us.  She was easy to train and no longer has any accidents in the house and can sit and give a high-five with her paw for treats.

We greatly appreciate all the great work you do at the Aylmer SPCA and the staff were absolutely friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and caring.  You can see that everyone there truly has the gift of love of animals.

Charlotte goes between our home in Ottawa to running on 40 acres on weekends in the country and will be at the cottage on the St. Lawrence next summer.

Thank you so much, and Charlotte will be loved and cared for forever with us.  She truly makes us smile and laugh.

Update January ’11 …

The first shot is the day after Christmas, Charlotte really likes to drink in unusual places, she drank under the Christmas tree and we had to re-fill the tree constantly, even though her water bowl is always full. 

Second shot is actually Charlotte drinking from the waterspout outside the house.

Third shot is Charlotte waiting in the pick-up truck for her “ride”.  Charlotte loves going for her rides and anytime we say 'wanna go for a ride' … she comes running and jumps in.  Charlotte also loves the 4-wheeler, sleigh behind ski-doo and the ski-doo itself; she is a bundle of energy and runs like mad in the bush chasing after my two teenaged daughters.

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