Washington Mixed Breed Dog Club

Molly

Registered Name:	Seattle’s No. 1 Molly Dolly
Registered With:	Mixed Breed Dog Club of America
Call Name:	Molly
AKA:	Molly Dolly, The Belly Rub Monster
Age:	6 on the 4^th of July
Weight:	48 lean pounds
Color:	Jet Black
Breed:	Black Labrador & we think border collie
Place of Origin:	Adopted from Human Society April 2000
Titles:	PP, CGC (1 leg on MBCD)
Other Awards:	April 2001 Pet Shelter Network Success Storey of the Month
Likes:	Volunteering at St. Francis Hospital, doing Tutors With Tails, getting belly rubs, swimming, chasing tennis balls, chasing pidgins, harassing the cat, eating, being generally goofy.
Dislikes:	Having teeth brushed, having toes clipped, getting a bath and having to go “condo” (crate) when guests come who are perfectly able to give a belly rub.

      Molly is living proof that angels exist. I found her at the Humane Society on April 15, 2000. She was 9 months old. I brought her home to a 13 year old rottie/Shepard mix named Boo, a 9 month old cat named Shorty and a 7 year old guinea pig, Handsome Man. Molly wormed her way right into the family chasing Shorty (Shorty chases back) giving Handsome wet kisses and tormenting her big sissy by pulling off her bandannas. Molly went to obedience classes and then started agility when she tore both ACL’s and had to have TPLO on both knees at 14 months old. Big sissy, Boo, was very concerned over Molly even though she would never have admitted it. While Molly was recouping from the TPLO surgeries Handsome, the guinea pig, would snuggle up with her on her bed. It was very cute seeing this, then 65 pound, black lab cuddle with a 2 pound orange haired guinea pig!

     When Molly was 2 she lost her big sissy to hip dysphasia and then six months later she lost her friend Handsome who, at almost 9, was a very old guinea pig. The house was quite with just Molly and Shorty, but they managed to keep themselves entertained. Then in late 2001 Molly got her Delta Society certification which enabled her to visit nursing homes, hospitals, and the local Boy’s & Girls Club. In 2003 Molly was active in helping S.O.D.A establish the Grandview off-leash park in Sea-Tac, WA. In 2004 Molly began visiting at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way where she continues to visit almost weekly on Tuesday afternoons. 2004 also brought a new addition to the house by the way of Rufus the guinea pig who was adopted from the Humane Society. Rufus wasn’t use to being handled when he came to us, but he was a sad, pathetic thing sitting there in the open at the HS in the cat room with all the cats drooling over him and I couldn’t leave him there. Deciding there was hope for him, and knowing that if anybody needed rescuing before he became snake food it was this guy, I took a chance. Molly played a big role in his rehab and growth into a loving, squawking, carrot eating, hay hogging snuggle bug of a pig.

     Molly also joined the WMBDC in 2004 where she has made some very good human and canine friends. She especially likes to play with Chaos a lab/Dalmatian mix. Since joining the WMBDC, Molly has gotten her CGC and earned a leg on her CD title. She hopes to finish her CD by the end of 2005.

     In March 2005 Molly began a program called Tutors With Tails which is a humane education and reading program for kids that is run by the Pierce County Humane Society in conjunction with the Tacoma Library system. For two hours most every Saturday you can find Molly at one of the Tacoma public libraries listening to kids practice their reading skills. She really likes to get the kids who can multi-task by rubbing her belly and reading to her at the same time!

     Today Molly is a happy, healthy, beautiful, wonderful and of course spoiled girl who loves to chase tennis balls at the dog park and swim in any kind of water that she can find. She loves volunteering, I can tell by the wag of her tail and how she gets excited when we come around the corner to the hospital or library, and is doing well at her obedience. As she lies on my feet under the computer desk, belly positioned for a rub should I be so inclined to give one, I can honestly say that Molly is living proof that angels exist.