NAME: Stella

NICKNAMES: Stella Star, Puppeh, Booger, BoogerBear, Stella Bella, Stellie, PooterPie, (or Stella Marie Johnson if she's in real trouble -- I don't know why!) 

OWNER: Ann Coleman

HOW THEY MET: A friend of mine found a dog abandoned in the city and brought her home -- unbeknownst to him, she was pregnant with a litter of puppies! I was the first to volunteer for one and picked her out at two weeks. I visited her every weekend until I brought her home at two months and we've been inseparable ever since.

AGE: She'll be 18 months on April 14!

HOME: Hampden

BREED: Mutt -- believed to be a lab/pit bull mix

BEST TRICK: The "high five" or "say goodbye/goodnight" -- where she goes back in for one last kiss!

FAVORITE ACTIVITY: She loves greeting people on her walks in Hampden, including strangers, but her favorite stores are Red Tree, Milagro, Kiss N' Make-up, and of course, Howl! If these stores are open, she drags me to the door and waits for the employees to greet her!

FAVORITE FOOD: Meat treats from Howl, peanut butter, carrots, brussels sprouts (hence the nickname PooterPie)

FUNNIEST MOMENT: She does something every day to make me laugh! My favorites are when she clowns around and "talks," making noises (growls, grunts, groans, squeaks and squeals) that sound like everything from a cat to a foghorn to a door opening! 

STELLA AND HER STICKS: Stella is a  stick connoisseur! She has dragged home at least five "sticks" over 6 feet in length -- lately they've had to be 8 feet or longer to meet her standards.

IF STELLA HAD A MOTTO FOR LIFE, IT WOULD BE: Play all the time, kiss everyone and carry a big stick.

Photos by Ann Coleman

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