[Kristen.C]

I fell in love with my dog Tucker the moment I saw him. He's an Australian Cattle Dog/Pembroke Welsh Corgi mix.

We had been driving around all weekend to the local rescue places and the various pet stores to find a dog to adopt. We were about to call it a day when DH remembered another Petsmart we hadn't been to yet. We drove over and they had the "Watermelon Mountain Ranch" rescue dogs there that day. I saw Tucker and it truly was love at first sight!!

His first owner was an abusive dog trainer, and the rescue somehow came into posession of him. He had been adopted out to another family the week before but they brought him back because he was so naughty (jumping on counter tops, nipping at everyone's heels, chewing everything in sight). He had just been dropped off at the store again about an hour before we got there! We took him for a walk and he was the most loving, sweetest dog I've ever met. You could see in his eyes how smart he is. He was trained well and housebroken. I wanted a big dog so badly but the apartment management set a limit at 40 lbs. With the strange mix that he is, he's got the attitude, power and strength of a big dog, but always comes in right at that 40 lb weight limit.

He is spoiled rotten and loves toys. He has 2 wicker laundry baskets full of his own toys and gets so sad when any of them have to be thrown away. He knows every toy by name and will hunt them down if you tell him to "Go get blue bear" He loves the beach, playing frisbee, and gets along with other dogs horribly because he's so bossy.