Twinkie is an "Alpha" Lhasa  Apso. She lives her her life with one paw 

over the line...My first clue to her personality was in the pet 

shop the day we met~ when she knocked the little shih tzu  

I was holding out of my lap~  and planted herself in the treasured spot.  

    Second clue was when  she triumphantly pranced in front of the 

remaining puppies cages and barked and growled goodbye.  Out I 

walked, with this little blonde cupcake gloating over my shoulder 

at the pet shop I had found her in.  My life was to be changed 

forever.  She is named after the famous cake of which she shares

 the same color~~she is golden blonde and has cream  down the middle 

 of her tummy!

Puppy hood was a traumatic time for Mom and the little shark dog. Twinkie

continued to have one paw over the line. She chewed the bedpost and stretcher

of my four poster bed like it was corn on the cob. She put one paw over the line

when she ate the wallpaper off the living room wall and chewed  a crater in the

sheetrock. She had one paw over the line a lot, and left "her mark" on many

items in my house...but I always forgave her and came to understand and love 

her dearly. Thankfully, she outgrew this need to teeth  and chew, and turned over 

a new leaf!  Twinkie is a survivor. She survived emergency surgery for a

herniated disc in her spine that completely paralyzed her. She struggled in  

the long recovery period where  she had to learn to walk again. She grieved 

and became depressed when her best friend and constant companion, Muffy 

Dog disappeared from her life. She survived the jealousy and learned to love 

another friend, Sugar Bear, through many "ups and downs."

Twinkie is eleven years old now, and I hope to have her many more years.

        She is an extraordinary little dog who has experienced many life events

        in her short time here. She is a wonderful creature full of expression,

        emotion, and affection. She is my protector and furiously guards our

home~ but it is all  a big front. Inside she is the cowardly lion and nothing but 

a big mush pot. She knows me, and I know her. She has been to the edge and

back with one paw over the line.

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