{"id":1745,"date":"2021-08-26T20:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/?page_id=16\/?page_id=1745"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:15:26","slug":"shelbys-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/?page_id=1745","title":{"rendered":"Shelby’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shelby’s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby came to live with us at the same time as Autumn.  She was called \u201cShelly\u201d at the rescue but since our daughter\u2019s name is also Shelly, we changed it to Shelby.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby\u2019s original pictures reminded me so much of my Angel who I lost back in 2010.  Little Shelby only weighed 5 pounds at the time of her adoption.  And she was such a nervous little pup which told me she must have had a terrible start to her life.  She seemed especially nervous around men.  I held her on my lap the entire trip back to our house and she just trembled in fear.  After we got home she tried to hide every time John walked into the room.   She was ok around the other dogs and me but wouldn\u2019t even take a treat from John.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t take her too long to realize that she was finally in a safe environment.  And she certainly couldn\u2019t resist the pieces of cheese that John offered the others.  Soon she was right in line waiting for her piece of cheese.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby will always be a bit on the nervous side as she still jumps when she hears a sudden or loud noise.  But she loves us both and insists on giving kisses very freely.  Every morning she jumps up on John\u2019s lap, gives just one little lick on the face, and then jumps down.  She just won’t settle down without this morning ritual being completed.  And whenever I come in the house from somewhere (even if it\u2019s just a walk down to the mailbox) she has to give me a kiss and won\u2019t stop jumping on me until this happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby is a prime example of a dog that had a rough beginning and made a complete turnaround with lots of love and patience. And she has proven that she has a lot of love to give.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first picture we saw of Shelby that was sent to me by my friend in England<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Autumn and Shelby at our first meeting<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The first picture I took at our first meeting<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Shelby’s first year with us.  She learned quickly that life could be a lot of fun<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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And she learned that sometimes it could be lots of fun to be a little naughty.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Here is Shelby after about a year of living with us.  
Just look at the difference a year can make.<\/strong> Please visit some of the Picture Pages below to see updated photos of Shelby.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The links to the Picture Pages below will take you to pages on my old website. It may ask you if you want to download the music from the original site. You may cancel this request and go directly to the Picture Page. Feel free to browse all these original pages but then please use the back button or close the tab on your browser to return to the new website.  Thank You!<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Shelby’s Story Shelby came to live with us at the same time as Autumn.  She was called \u201cShelly\u201d at the rescue but since our daughter\u2019s name is also Shelly, we changed it to Shelby.   Shelby\u2019s original pictures reminded me so much of my Angel who I lost back in 2010.  Little Shelby only weighed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-gutentor-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3101,"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745\/revisions\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthedogsinmylife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}