Meet Toby, one of the Paws and Kisses (PAK) dogs. Toby's pet parents are Mandy and Bill Oram, owners of Paws and Kisses Pet Sitting Service, LLC. Toby is about 4 years old and is a spaniel mix rescued from Bridgeport Animal Control by way of the Humane Society in Westport. When we met Toby two years ago, he was in sad shape. It appeared that he had never been groomed in his life. He had very long, very matted fur all over his body and face. Due to the matting and to severe food allergies, he had been scratching his skin raw under the mats. He was just a big furry mat - but a very friendly and sweet furry mat, nonetheless! You could see that he felt awful and was depressed from the loss of his family and from being in a kennel, but he still wagged his tail when he saw us. My goal had been just to volunteer to groom him, to make him easier to place, but I fell in love with him and he 'followed me home' and joined our other three dogs in the Oram pack. He is the biggest dog we have (at 32 lbs), but he is the gentlest, and he was quickly accepted by the other members of the pack. He quickly learned he was at the bottom of the totem pole pack-wise, but he doesn't care, he is now allergy-free, nicely groomed, well fed and happy, happy, happy! He is a joy to have as a member of our fur-family.
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