Jesse and Willis (Shippoos)

Jesse was born on Sept 30, 2008 and Willis was born on Sept 30 2009. So I guess Jesse is a year and a half, and Willis is about 6 months old. They are both Shippoos. We got Jesse because our cat needed a playmate. We got him from a breeder in a town near ours.

Eventually Jesse wore out our cat, and Jesse needed a new playmate. We checked out the Humane Society but couldn't find any Shippoos, so I went on the internet and found one I really liked. It turned out he had the same birthday as Jesse. Jesse was only 8 weeks old when we got him, and Willis was almost 5 months by the time we made him a member of our family.

It was a little rough introducing a new dog into the household, but eventually they became best of friends. They love to wrestle with each other and playing "hide and seek" They also play "tug of war"with their toys. Jesse was depressed at first when Willis entered the household, but he was won over because Willis insisted on being his friend.

By Martie from Kasota, MN