HELLO XENA! 

Xena Warrior Princess!!! If you could see me now, I’m raising my sword high into the air and shouting my name!! Hi! My name is Xena, I am 9 months old, and boy have I had a journey. I am truly a warrior and naturally I’m a princess. When I came into the rescue, I was fighting a deadly disease called Parvo. This is disease that often times kills the puppies that contract it, but I survived!!! I was given so much love and affection that it literally saved my life, and the medicine of course. Now, I am completely healthy, and there are no lasting side effects from it. You’d never know I was sick!! Due to being so sick, I had a late start on my puppy lessons, but let me tell you, I am catching up, and I am so smart!!!! I LOVE to play fetch!! I will chase anything that you throw just so I can have it thrown again. I love to snuggle with people of all ages. I think it’s because I was so sick and people were so encouraging to me and loving on me all the time, and I just want to repay that for the rest of my life. I am learning to love my kennel, and I am getting better at it every day! I get treats when I go in there, so I do it as often as they ask. I also am doing great on going potty outside. Sometimes I get playing and forget and need a reminder, but I’m a puppy and that’s part of the process I’m told. I know how to sit when asked, but that’s because I get to have treats when I do that too!!! Those treats are such a motivator to want to learn!! I have a cat where I am, and I am curious about it, but it doesn’t like me. It hisses at me, and I just walk away. I never chase it, but I just want it to be my friend. I guess cats can be finicky like that, so I don’t take it personally. I LOVE going for walks, and I am learning that I get to see more when I don’t yank on my leash. I just get so excited, and I want to hurry up and see everything. I keep being told to stop and smell the roses, but we never pass any, so I am not sure what the humans are talking about. I am working on sitting calmly when people approach me, but I get so excited to see people that I just want to love on them, but I’m told that people don’t want to be greeted like that, so when I hear my name in a snappy tone, I know that it means I need to settle down before being pet. I am learning so many things, but I have come so far that this is only the beginning for me!!! Well, I am going to go and polish my sword and work on screaming that I’m a warrior princess and that nothing can stop me!! You rush on over and fill out my application to bring me home before I get too carried away!! Here’s to saving the world together!!! Love, Xena Warrior Princess