About Me and My Best Friend, Oreo
About me is the story of my constant companion, Oreo, who is a black Lab/Border Collie mix, approximately 13 years old. She came into my life while I was volunteering with a Lab rescue group in Denver; I fostered Labradors until a suitable home could be found for them. What a story this little dog had! Rescuers told me she had been found on a ranch in Wyoming running wild with the horses. This does not sound too bad until you realize Wyoming ranches are hundreds and often times thousands of acres and horses, unlike dogs, can live off of the grass. Somehow, the rancher was able to catch her and took her to a shelter in Wyoming - she had no ID tags or chip implants to give any indication of where or to whom she belonged. The shelter then contacted Denver’s Lab rescue group and a volunteer drove up, picked her up and brought her to me.Oreo was about three years old at that time and a smart little thing. Apparently, her days of roaming the wild had given her an aversion to fencing though, a fact I quickly learned. Most of my yard has a 6’ fence; however the front was only 4’. That bit of 4’ fence was no hill for a stepper and she would sail out of the yard with the greatest of ease! Even after some patchwork brought the front fence to 6’, she would still try to jump it. The song ‘don’t fence me in’ must have been her motto. Eventually I installed a 6’ wrought iron fence in the front and my neighbors called me the Fort Knox of the neighborhood. As time went by several families came to look at her and consider adoption, but the fact that she could not be out of the yard without a leash turned them away. It was sad really, she is a well-trained dog and her original family must have been grieved to lose her. After awhile it became apparent that no one was going to adopt Oreo and while I was not looking, she had stolen my heart so I adopted her.
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Oreo can now be outside without a leash, she loves the kids in the neighborhood, and the feeling is mutual. She loves to play with them or chase after a ball; she is older now and a bit slower but she will still play as long as I will let her. Inside the house, Oreo will not leave my side when I move from room to room. She always has to be my shadow and my constant companion.
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