It's a girl doggie!

We got a dog: April
3 years old, mutt-mix like all the dogs in Saipan

I must be CRAZY like these pictures Gabe drew of me portray.
(I like my fancy hair and all the buttons on my outfit)

She loves the kids and all the attention.

Truest friend. Gabe is our animal lover.

She's my dog, though. I actually decided to get her. Ben often works until midnight. I wanted to have a little extra protection. Her previous owner, in our ward, had many dog and was willing to give us one. She is really sweet. This has been such a different experience from my puppy experience last year. She doesn't mind being an outside dog. She has 1.5 acres to roam on, and stays on our property unleashed. She is obedient. She gets the family out walking and exercising. Most importantly, she sits in front of my house and guard all day and night. She only barks at strangers.

"This video is about the Boonie Dogs of Saipan which are descendants of American WWII military dogs. In Saipan, the military did not need the big attack dogs but needed the sniffer dogs to find the Japanese hiding in the caves. Since WWII, the once heroic combat dogs mixed together and became what we now call Boonie Dogs. The Boonie Dogs seem to be a mix between Bloodhound, Labrador, Rottweiler, and German Shepard. Do you notice another breed mixed in these dogs? Today their population is out of control and they are literally starving to death on the streets."(From www.saipanpictures.blogspot.com)

They are currently enforcing dog registration so they can legally begin to get rid of the starving strays.