My dog Lirka should be approximately 3 years old today. She was found a year and a half ago on a mountain in Serbia. She started visiting daily a holiday cottage of a very nice family in search of some food and when they figured out she was pregnant, they took good care of her whenever they could and they were there for her until she brought her puppies into this world. Afterwards, the puppies were adopted but she needed a stable, full-time home as well. No one really knew whether she was kicked-out of a home once the previous owner discovered she was carrying, or she was a stray dog all along.
Lirka is difficult to describe. She might have had a certain trauma. She is pretty cautious; I think that’s the word that describes her the best, but also myself in a way. She is both very cautious and very outgoing (if that’s possible) and that’s the very same description I got from one of my dearest friends – she said once: you walk in quite an insecure and quite a self-confident way at the same time.
Aside from that, she is very playful around the dogs she knows well but a bit hostile towards the new ones, ready to defend even when there is nothing to defend, curious, timid, lazy, loves to cuddle and be petted, very calm and polite indoors and a great fan of barking and running outdoors.
Before Lirka I have always wanted a dog, but never dared, thinking I wouldn’t be able to fit into such a lifestyle. It seemed as too much of a chore to me.
Now I think I would be able to adopt any dog in the world, but that would be her contribution. When I saw her picture and heard her story, I realized that I hadn’t wanted just any dog – I had wanted her all along. But now, any dog seems perfectly welcome since she’s explained to me what dogs are all about, she opened a door into the world I had never fully understood before, a world so sincere and beautiful which often makes me wanna preach: do adopt a dog, only then you’ll realize how much love there is in the world. And I definitely wish to adopt at least another dog, but first I need to get a larger apartment or even better – a house with a backyard, something I’ve been dreaming about for a while now. Happy birthday Lirka, my souldog.
VERNAKERA 