Top Dog of the Month: Small Dog Room

Name: AXEL SWIFT
 

Nicknames: A-MAN, A, PEANUT

How old? HE WILL BE 7 IN SEPTEMBER
 

When did they come live with you? AXEL WAS ADOPTED FROM THE TLC CANINE CENTER IN NEWELL, IA. WE GOT HIM IN 2014. 

Any siblings(animal or human?) COTTON, 7 MOS. LABRADOODLE; PREVIOUSLY STELLA, A YELLOW LAB

Favorite place? ANYWHERE WITH HIS MOMMY. HE LOVES WANDERING THE ACREAGE AT HIS GRANDMA'S HOUSE IN EASTERN IOWA.

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Which one best: Outside or inside? INSIDE

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Dog parks, Nap times, or Spa Day? HE LOVES NAP TIMES.

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Favorite place to sleep? KING SIZED BED

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Favorite food dog or human kind? LOVES BUTTERED POPCORN

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Favorite toy at home:? GREEN MEANY (IT WAS PART OF HIS GIFT FROM HIS DDD SECRET SANTA LAST CHRISTMAS)

 

Favorite thing to do? FETCH. HE WILL PLAY FETCH ALL DAY LONG.

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Favorite person or best friend? FAVORITE PERSON IS MOMMY

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Watching my figure or YOLO (Picky eater or "starving all the time?") WAS A PICKY EATER UNTIL WE STARTED PUTTING RAW FOOD TOPPER ON HIS DINNER. HE LIKES ANY PEOPLE FOOD THAT WE WILL GIVE HIM.

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I always am... STARING. HE WINS ALL THE STARE DOWNS.

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Loves getting pets or just a loner? HE IS SELECTIVE. BUT HE LOVES TO SNUGGLE.

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Introvert vs extrovert? INTROVERT WITH A BIG VOICE. HE BARKS AT STRANGERS AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, BUT RUNS FROM HIS OWN SHADOW!

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Funny characteristics: HE SKIPS WHEN HE WALKS. HE LOVES GETTING THE STRIPE BETWEEN HIS EYES RUBBED. HE JUMPS ON THE BED AND GOES UNDER THE COVERS.

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Misc stories about their past etc.: WHEN WE GOT AXEL HIS NAME WAS DUFFY. WE CHANGED HIS NAME TWICE BEFORE WE LANDED ON AXEL, WHICH IS PERFECT FOR HIM. WE WERE TOLD HIS MOTHER WAS A DACHSHUND AND HIS FATHER WAS A 'TRAVELING SALESMAN.' WE HAD HIS DNA TESTED AND IT DIDN'T SHOW ANY DACHSHUND AT ALL!