Meet Cleo

Cleopatra "Cleo" is a husky mix. She was found as a stray somewhere in Denver. When I adopted her she had only been up for adoption for about three days (lucky girl!). She weighed about 50 pounds when I first took her home. She has brilliant blue eyes and no matter how much I wonder about it we can't seem to decide what else she is mixed with. Primarily she has many traits of a husky personality and looks wise, except she has short fur. She is absurdly cuddly, and loves to just be pet and talked to. She weighed about 6 or 7 pounds under what she should, and looked it for sure (skin and bones) but also has a healthy amount of muscle on her.

I was in a daze after realizing what I had done. At Petsmart where the humane society she was from was keeping her for the day, I had to buy all of the basics for a dog as I got her. Brand new collar and leash, I walked my new dog out of the store. As she readily jumped in to my dusty 4runner I sat down in the drivers seat and realized what I had just done. I had just had a baby. A furry baby, but instead of having 9 months to prepare for this, I had an hour and a half gestation period. She would probably live about 15 to 20 years longer if I was lucky, much like the amount of time a child stays with their parent. I brushed off this thought and drove back to my one bedroom apartment. I was a dog mom.