Dakota is a Springer Spaniel cross who was 1 1/2 years old when she came to live with me. That was back in October, 1998 so we estimated her birthday as May 26, 1997.
She was obtained from a rescue shelter by a family who wanted a small dog. She was small at the time, so even though they were told she would be a large dog, they brought her home anyway. They didn't expect the endless energy of a sporting dog breed and after a year and a half, they started looking for a new home for her. A friend of a friend knew that I had just lost Kemo and the next thing I knew, Dakota was living with me.
Dakota loves water - whether it is a bath, a swim or playing with the hose or the little swimming pool in the back yard. When she was younger, she would swim for 45 minutes without ever touching the ground, but now she doesn't go far from shore.
