Our poor crippled dog Kona, has a lot of faults. She is extremely strong-willed, she lets her “hunter” instincts get her into trouble, and she loudly and suddenly erupts into barking, scaring the wits out of us, upon seeing some movement outside. While being a hybrid of two of the most intelligent breed of dogs (Border Collie and Poodle), she is not really all that smart. We thought she was supposed to be hypoallergenic, but she sheds a lot.
Despite all those rather negative traits, she does have one characteristic that overwhelms all of those problematic ones: She is extremely affectionate.
The other dogs that we have had would tolerate some petting and affection, then after tolerating it for five minutes, they would be happy to scuttle away, but not Kona. She can never get enough cuddling.
When I am sitting on the couch, Kona wants to be up there beside me. Because her back end is so crippled up, I have to lift her onto the couch. She has a hard time supporting herself when she sits, but manages to scoot and maneuver her rear end next to me for extra support, then leans backward onto me and loves to put her head against my neck and under my jaw while I pet her stomach. If I stop, she paws my hand back into position by her stomach so I will continue.
It is all very endearing.
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