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(Editor’s Note: If you have a pet you’d love to see featured in Old Mission Gazette, contact our Pets of OMP columnist Paula Kelley, [email protected], or me, [email protected], and I will pass your info along to Paula. Read on for her note about Jay Jay, an adorable rescue dog who rescued his humans, my dear friends Dave and Deb Ott. -jb)
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Hello, Old Mission!
I’m sitting in my office writing this article as the wind is shrieking and the screens are filled with snow. Only just yesterday, it was almost 70 degrees outside, and I was in my shorts doing yard work. Gotta love Michigan!
Speaking of love, a few days ago I visited with Dave and Deb Ott and met their dog, Jay Jay, who is the cuddliest, most adorable love bug ever. Jay Jay was adopted from the HAWS Rescue Group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when he was three years old.
Deb had been in Milwaukee visiting with her daughter, and the two of them decided that Deb needed a dog. Having owned dogs before, Deb says she just walked up and down the rows of adoptable pets and, at the very last pen, saw Jay Jay and knew he was the dog for her. Dave admitted to me that he took a little more convincing, but I saw through his charade as he couldn’t stop petting Jay Jay and smiling at him while we chatted.
“Jay Jay really rescued us,” Dave told me.
Now almost ten years old, Jay Jay is a Shih Tzu Terrier mix. With his warm, honey colored coat and melting brown chocolate chip eyes, the baker in me was immediately smitten with his charms.
Unlike most smaller breeds, Jay Jay didn’t have a whole lot to say and only barked when I knocked on the door. He fell into a blissful slumber on the couch and had to be convinced to sit up and look charming so I could get some pictures.
Despite his smaller size, Jay Jay loves to romp in the snow and make snow angels, as well as chase after the ball. “He’s not very good at bringing it back, though,” admits Dave.
Pyatt Lake Nature Preserve on the Old Mission Peninsula is his favorite place to explore, and he gets to go on a hike there at least four times a week.
The Ott home also has two cats, but I never got to meet them. Upon Jay Jay’s first arrival at home, Deb says he used to chase the cats and didn’t care for them. They have reached a truce now, however!
Jay Jay’s favorite activity, though, is munching on raw carrots. This little guy devours a whole carrot at a time – although he does require that it be peeled first. 😊
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