More about Marlo and Riley

Marlo (AKA 'The Goodwill Puppy') was found at a Goodwill.  Laura was in college when she and her friend were shopping there. They saw Marlo hanging out in the parking lot, and lured her out from under a car with a cracker.  She was very stinky, and it took several baths to get her to smell normal. This had to be done covertly, since Laura and her friend still lived in the dorms and pets were not allowed. To make the secretive matters worse, Marlo would cry when left alone in the dorm room, so Laura and her friends took turns sitting with Marlo while the other friends were in class. Laura tried to get someone else to adopt Marlo, but no one could so Marlo has remained Laura’s dog ever since.  She is very faithful and good at following instructions.  She looks like a Boston terrier, except bigger, but not a lot. 

In case you can't tell, Riley loves to have her belly rubbed.

I adopted Riley when she was a few months old from a local animal shelter.  She loves people.  Actually, my belief is that her soul will die if she not touching a person.  If I am sitting on the couch she will sit on top of me.  If I am sitting in an office chair she will climb on top of me.  If two people are sitting right next to each other she will sit on both of them.  The more people she can touch at the same time the better. She is weird.

Riley also loves to play, but not at the dog park.  She has to be at someone’s house to play.  She is getting better at the dog park though.  Both she and Marlo have a history of wandering around sniffing far away from the other dogs.  Occasionally, Riley will play, but she can get overwhelmed if two dogs try to play at once.  She also gets highly offended when other dogs try to sniff her.  She will almost literally jump straight up to get away and keeps her tail down, but she is fine with sniffing other dogs.  She is weird.