On one of our fun-filled afternoon adventures, Myley and I were out trolling for friends and excitement around the APA at Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC) property. Our favorite spot is the baseball field bleachers. Myley loves to climb up on them, I love to sit. Score! Once we were snuggled up on the bleachers, our adventure took off. Two nice men who maintain the surrounding TLAC property were taking a break and were instantly memorized by Myley’s fawn-colored stunning good looks. They hustled on over to say “hi,” but approached with a not-so-polite introduction: “Wow, beautiful dog. But she looks dangerous. Is she dangerous?” Before I could start into momma-bear-defender mode, Myley took things into her own paws. She started kissing one of the two men. Full on tongue. In his mouth. In his eyes. With her belly up. The man was so overwhelmed by Myley’s lady wares he just giggled. In less than 30 seconds, Myley had a grown man – who initially thought she was “dangerous-looking” (what does that even mean?) – giggling.
I could elaborate on the near 45 minute conversation that ensued with these two men about Mooka Mooka (one of the 15 or so nicknames I’ve come up with for my number one girl); but, I’ll keep this about Myley. And, in short, that one interaction with two people she had never met simplifies what Myley is all about, and most importantly, who she is. She’s a dog who has never met a stranger. Big or small. Man, woman, or child. Old or young. And, I believe, she is a dog who was meant to change people’s hearts. Whether it be about pit-bull-looking dogs, shelter dogs, large dogs, “mommy dogs” (Myley’s belly shows the signs of having had a litter, or two, or three), heartworm-positive dogs, or adult dogs, that for one reason or another, traditionally aren’t making it in shelters. Myley is that dog that with one kiss changes the way people see a dog that looks like her, and dogs that come from where she comes from: a shelter, and before that, who knows. 
