‘Spoiled’ Dog Who Loves Swimming With Owner in Pool Wins Pet of the Week

This week we have seen an aged cat reunited with the household who have been compelled to provide him to a shelter years in the past, and the heartwarming second a canine took her first steps after a “horrible accident.”

Pets are nice companions, and with 66 p.c of U.S. households proudly owning a pet of some variety, we love listening to about our readers’ animals.

If you suppose your pet needs to be in subsequent week’s Newsweek Pet of the Week, observe the directions on the finish of this story to learn how to become involved.

Winner

This week’s Pet of the Week is Mousse, a chocolate Doodle who lives in Pennsylvania with proprietor Melanie Totenbier.

“When individuals meet him, they are saying he is like a gentleman in a canine swimsuit,” Totenbier informed Newsweek. “We take him in every single place with us, and wherever we go he’ll go and greet all people.”

When she first met Mousse, it was love at first sight. Totenbier agreed to fulfill the breeder with the tiny puppy and the remaining is historical past.

“She put this little ball of fluff down on the bottom, I took one take a look at him and mentioned this is your money,” recalled Totenbier.

With buckets of persona, Mousse loves individuals almost as a lot as he loves his favourite uncommon deal with—yogurt.

“He loves, loves, loves yogurt,” mentioned Totenbier. “He goes to the fridge and places his foot on the door till you open it.”

As nicely as a dairy-based deal with, Mousse is an enormous fan of the household swimming pool.

“He’ll soar within the pool, take a lap round to chill off and soar again out,” laughed Totenbier. “He likes to swim.”

In a video shared earlier this summer season, Mousse was captured within the pool together with his proprietor being floated round because the textual content overlay jokes about how “spoiled” the fluffy canine is.

“He’s simply an unbelievable canine,” his proprietor mentioned. “He thinks he is human.”

Finalists

Our first finalist this week is mixed-breed canine Josey.

“She was adopted from our native animal shelter,” proprietor Cindy Brosig informed Newsweek. “She works at a remedy canine alongside her human that owns and operatives a personal animal-assisted nursing follow.”

In an lovely image shared with NewsweekJosey was captured with sand on her nostril—one thing that is not unusual based on Brosig.

“There is not a day she does not come into the home with filth on her nostril,” she laughed.

Next up this week is Ducky and Mazie, a pair of miniature dachshunds who dwell with their house owners Peggy and Billy Brown.

At an enormous 25 kilos, 1-year-old Ducky is on the big facet for a miniature dachshund, who often weigh in at round 8 to 11 kilos.

“The vet says he’s bodily match. No fats. Straight up muscle,” Brown informed Newsweek.

While Mazie, solely 5 months old, weighed round 7.5 kilos at her final check-up.

While the 2 have completely different dad and mom, they’re the perfect of buddies and infrequently play collectively.

“They have the perfect time collectively. They each like to chase one another and be chased,” mentioned their proprietor. “They like to wrestle, however Ducky is all the time cautious to not harm Mazie. We by no means thought I might love a pet as a lot as we do them. They actually are our infants!”

Last however not least this week is a brilliant candy canine in title and nature. Reese Peanut Butter Cup lives with proprietor Renee Ellis in California.

Adopted from a humane society at round 11 months old, regardless of being born as a stray, Peanut now lives a lifetime of luxurious along with her household.

“Her favourite factor is the chase massive bubbles,” Ellis informed Newsweek. “She’s obsessed.”

“She is good, clever and loves all individuals and kids,” she added. “Other dogs too!”

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