NAME: Scooter Rae

NICKNAME: Scooter Rae Ignatius Marie Bublynski! (when she's in trouble)

OWNER: Bublynski

HOW OWNER AND PET MET: We met Scooter Rae at the Anne Arundel SPCA in August 1997, when she was a year old. She seemed to know instinctively we were her new pack. She came home with us on August 18 - her re-birthday/rescueday.

AGE: 12 1/2

HOME: Upper Marlboro, Md.

BREED: We always thought she was a shepherd-lab mix, but we had her DNA tested a couple of years ago and it showed she's half Rottweiler!

FAVORITE ACTIVITY: Long walks in the woods with her Uncle John (who lets her do anything she wants); swimming, retrieving, sailing and kayaking.

FAVORITE FOOD: She thrives on a raw diet. It reversed her physical decline and added years to her life.

FUNNIEST MOMENT: Here at the Bublynski household, dogs get a very special liver cake on their birthdays. We offered her a taste for a photo op, and somehow, the whole cake slid off the plate and ended up in her mouth.

AN ATHLETE AT HEART: Scooter Rae is a retired athlete -- she earned her Flyball Dog Champion certificate in 2002. She was always one of the largest dogs at the tournaments, and her best-ever run time was an awesome 4.8 seconds.

BEST TRICK: Scooter Rae can balance almost anything on her nose (see photos), and she fetches the newspaper for us every morning.

IF SCOOTER RAE HAD A MOTTO FOR LIFE, IT WOULD BE: "Throw the ball/stick/newspaper/Kong/etc...!" or "Let's eat!"

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