Annabell - Please note that this dog is located in Alberta

My name is Annabell. My mom is a salt and pepper Miniature Schnauzer and my dad is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. I was born on April 14, 2007 and weigh 14 pounds.

I look quite a bit like a schnauzer but my undercoat must be more like my dad’s spaniel side of the family because I do shed but if you brush me every day it really helps. I have the cutest little piggy tail that curls over my back. I have recently been spayed and my vaccinations are up to date.

My foster mom says I’m a real sweetheart and that I’m full of beans (she can’t mean that literally as I mainly eat doggie kibble and carrots).  She was very pleased at how easily I have adjusted to my new brother and sister dogs. My foster mom thinks I would do well in a home with another well adjusted dog – I’d sure like to have another young playful doggie brother or sister to wrestle with as its one of my favorite activities. I love to go, go, go! If I do say so myself, I’m a very agile, upbeat little girl who likes lots of activity, both mental and physical. I’m a really good jumper so I need a tall secure fence to keep me in. I attended puppy obedience at 8 months of age with my former owner. I was born at my former owner’s house so they even have my puppy pictures to pass on to my new forever family.

My foster mom says that my new family should not have any young children (even though I love them) but older kids who are responsible would suit me just fine. The main reason she said only “older” kids is because I need to be taken outside on a regular basis to do pottie duty. She recommends that someone take me out (and of course bring me back in) about every three to four hours during the day and evening. At night I’m quite content to stay put on my foster parent’s bed and don’t need to go outside until I wake up then I hop out of bed and need to go out right away. In my new home I need an adult who can come home and let me out at lunch time if they work or better yet, one who stays home with me!

I must tell you that the reason I need to be taken out regularly is that I was not absolutely housebroken in my old house for two good reasons. The first was that my former owner, who I loved to bits and she too loved me (with all her heart) was forced, due to uncontrollable circumstances in her life, to work long, long 8 to 12 hour shifts, day after day and she could not come home to let me out so I could be let outside to do my business in my yard. I was in a heated porch with food and water and two other older dogs but I learned that I could go on the newspapers or beside it or wherever I chose to. The second reason is that I had recently developed a big bladder stone (kind of like a snowball that kept getting bigger and bigger) and it made me want to try to piddle every 5 or 10 minutes (at least that’s what it seemed like to me).

Now that my stone is gone and is no longer blocking my “plumbing”, I can hold it for so much longer and I don’t have very many accidents now but sometimes I get busy playing and forget to tell anyone I need to go outside. My bladder stone was a struvite stone which means that if I’m fed the proper type of food (veterinarian recommended), I shouldn’t develop any further stones.

I love to run and play. I love doing things with people and sitting on laps when you are watching tv. I like to give kisses and I’m so very cute! My foster mom says I am a wonderful, loving, happy little dog. I’d like to have lots of attention and exercise and I dream of a big fenced back yard so I can play outside with my toys and my family.