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Maleficent (aka Alli)

Name: Maleficent
Commonly Called: Alli
Breed: Mixed; Boxer, Shar-Pei, other unknown breeds.
Gender: Female
Birthdate: 7th December 2002 (age 9)
Likes: destruction of stuffed animals, cheese, grazing, finding new things to be afraid of, playing keep away, barking

We got Alli in February 2003 for my little brother’s birthday via Rescue Every Dog when she was three months old. Alli was originally called Alice after Alice in Wonderland by the people who fostered her. She was part of the ‘Disney litter’ and was the last one left. We now know why. It’s because she is, quite frankly, evil, hence why her official name is now Maleficent (from the villain of Sleeping Beauty). We still love her though. She’s just very aloof, stubborn, and knows exactly how far away to stay in order to evade capture.

She’s the most neurotic dog I’ve ever met and I’m fairly sure we can at least partially blame this on the fact that on her first Independence Day we took her to Oregon in order to escape from our illegal-fireworks-crazy neighbors. This was stupid. People in Oregon are even crazier when it comes to fireworks as many of the fireworks (from Native reservations) that are illegal in Washington weren’t illegal in Oregon at the time. Poor puppy. She was also terrorized by two Jack Russell terriers at her foster home before we got her.

She has the world’s best eyebrows and a face that is ridiculously expressive. Her most commonly used facial expressions include: “Bitch, are you for real?”, “We are not amused.”, “I know you guys are talking about me.”, and “Cheese?”

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Chewbacca (aka Chewie)

Name: Chewbacca
Commonly Called: Chewie
Breed: Mixed; Labrador Retriever (black), suspected Border Collie
Gender: Female
Age: somewhere between age 9 and 10
Date Found: 18th December 2004
Likes: stealing bones, wookiee yelling, dancing, eating bees

Late one night in December 2004, my mom and I found Chewie abandoned outside of a Bartell Drugs where you can buy the legal drugs inside and the illegal ones in the parking lot outside. She was wandering around when we went inside and when we came back out we spent about 20 minutes or so trying to get her to get close to us. Amazingly what got her to get near us was taking Alli out of the car–if only she’d known what she was getting herself into! When we got near, she flipped over onto her back right in the middle of the parking lot and let us pet her stomach. I’m pretty sure she was testing us. She then hopped right into the car, curled up next to me, and I looked at my mom and said, “I want to keep her.”

We got home and she immediately claimed a particular corner of the living room and wookiee yelled–which is how she got the name of Chewbacca. She’s quite talkative.

Chewie is the non-evil counterpart of the dogs. She’s possibly the sweetest dog to ever inhabit this ‘verse. Despite her age, she still acts like a puppy. She has the most soulful eyes; they also help her when she’s giving us the “I’m so disappointed in you” look during her baths.

After we brought Chewie home, Alli definitely mellowed out a lot, though not in terms of things of which she’s afraid. She’s much more tolerable now.

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Things of Which Alli is Afraid

Okay, so this isn’t everything she’s afraid of. She’s insanely neurotic and definitely has an, erm, healthy if not completely overzealous survival instinct, to put it nicely. I can’t remember every single thing she’s afraid of because my head would likely explode with all that information inside it.