Dogs can change careers just like people and Lady, who lives with Jessica St.Germain and her boyfriend Jason Hauge did just that. Lady is a Pitbull and hound mix. "She was in a pound like a junkyard dog," explained St.Germain,"My boyfriend worked in Auburn at a buying office and she just jumped in his truck one day and he couldn't get her out, and that's how he got her."

Lady has a distinctive look which added to his inability to leave her behind,"With her one ear up and one ear down he couldn't pass her up."

Given her background and breed you might think she's mean but maybe that's why she changed life direction, "She's perfect and a very sweet and mild girl," said St.Germain. But this doesn't mean she won't be there when needed. "She is a good guard dog and very protective, especially if someone is a little sketchy."

Lady likes Tillamook Cheddar Cheese, and will do some of the standard tricks like sitting or lying down (if there's a cheese treat in it for her) "but mostly her thing is the floppy ear."

Lady has some pekingnese and poodle friends and loves her Pink Elephant toy.

She has extremely good senses and may have saved Jason's life. "One time my boyfriend was walking her in the park and it was really late and dark and you know how trees fall and so she pulls him and makes him run a little bit and a tree had fallen right back behind them. She must have known it was falling because she doesn't like to run. She pulled him out of the way," St.Germain said.

When she greets them at the door she is "so excited she just wiggles all over," St.Germain said chuckling, "She knows she's going for a walk and getting some food."

In the evenings, it's time to relax and just be together but early on that was a small problem. "She likes to spoon with my boyfriend and she used to get so relaxed she would piddle on the couch," St.Germain said laughing, "She doesn't do that anymore."

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