our story
We’re the Moores. Married in 2000, we adopted our first mutt shortly after, and we’ve been doing it since.
We’ve never owned a purebread dog. We love adopting dogs and giving them a loving home.
We’ve taught all our dogs amazing tricks that most people think are only possible with breeds like Border Collies, and our dogs love to show off.
When grandma comes to visit, they can’t wait to show off their latest tricks. They’ve just like kids in that way, aren’t they?
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Belle
(2001-2015)
Belle was our first dog, adpoted in 2001.
We never got Belle DNA tested, but we were told she was a lab-pitbull mix.
Of all our dogs, Belle was the most in tune with our human feelings. If we were sick, she would take it easy and just keep us company.
Belle was a master of the following tricks:
Sit, sit pretty, hold (still with a treat on her nose), lay, stay, fetch, turn, bark, whisper, crawl, jump, touch, high five, through, bounce, open (the door), shut (the door), upstairs, downstairs, shake, wave, cleanup, kisses, hug, wipe (her feet), and probably more I’m forgetting.
Of all our dogs, she was also the most in tune with the names of all her toys. From the age of 8 weeks, when we got her, we taught her to sit and stay while we threw her footbal, glow ball, tennis ball, and other similar toys. She would fetch whichever ball/toy we told her to.
Buddy
(2012-)
When Belle started to decline in her older age we got Buddy to lift her spirits, and it worked. She came alive again and played games like tug of war and find it with Buddy all the time.
We were told Buddy was a hound mix when we got him, but boy were they wrong! His DNA test revealed a LOT of breeds, many of them surprising.
Buddy is a master of the following tricks:
Pray, bashful, roll over, howl, cross (his paws), sit, hold (still with a treat on his nose), lay, stay, fetch, turn, nose, bark, whisper, crawl, jump, touch, high five, through, bounce, open (the door), shut (the door), upstairs, downstairs, shake, wave, cleanup, kisses, hug, massage, wipe (his feet), and bang (playing dead when shot with a finger gun).
Callie
(2018??-Jan. 2021)
We were told Callie was a hound mix, and our best guess is that she was mostly American Foxhound, but we never DNA tested her.
Callie was scared of humans and malnurished with ribs showing badly when we got her. She was also afraid of anyone in hats, so we think she was abused and likely ran away from home, where she was found with an injured forearm. We gave her a loving home and she and Buddy instantly bonded.
Unfortunately, we lost Callie to Lyme Disease and Ehrlichiosis, which the vet said she probably contracted long before we got her.
Callie was a master of the following tricks:
Sit, lay, stay, fetch, touch, high five, turn, bark, crawl, jump, bounce, shake, wave, roll over, kisses, massage, and wipe (her feet).
Cooper
(Dec. 2020-Mar. 2021)
Cooper’s story is one of the sadest. Told he was a Jack-a-bee (Jack Russel-Beagle mix, though we suspect he was a MinPin mix), we got him at 7 or 8 weeks of age. Within a week, he had already learned sit, stay, lay, touch, high five, and stand.
As Cooper grew, we realized something was wrong with his legs, so we took him to a specialist. Due to COVID, we had to wait several weeks before anyone could see him, and he was prescribed Vetprofen for the pain in the meantime. Before we were able to get him the double patellar luxation surgery, he developed other issues. Every time we gave him the Vetprofen for his leg pain, he would develop mental problems, like brain fog but worse each time. Eventually, the specialist was able to determine that he had a liver shunt, so the medicine was bypassing his liver and going straight to his brain. We lost Cooper before he could be seen for surgery.
I’ll write up a detailed article on this (as soon as I can), so you can identify the symptoms if you see them and get them treated early.
Pepper
(Feb. 2021- )
Pepper is the latest addition to the Moore family. We were told she was a Border Collie. She was the runt of the litter, so we figured she’d be a little on the small side. That’s an understatement!
Pepper weighs in at a whopping 18.4 lbs. Her DNA test revealed that she’s only 6% Border Collie.
Pepper has natural agility, and is the fastest dog we’ve ever had (at least for her size).
Pepper is a master of the following tricks:
Parrot, horsey, table, roll over, howl, sit, lay, stay, fetch, turn, bark, up, touch, high five, nose, roll (the ball back and forth to me with her nose), stand, spin, upstairs, shake, wave, cleanup, kisses, and bang (playing dead when shot with a finger gun).
She’s currently working on pray in an effort to show up Buddy. She’s very competetive that way.
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Van Buren Twp, MI, 48111 United States