This is the picture we had been staring at for over a month on Pet Finder. We had our eyes peeled for a young female Bernese Mt. Dog/ Collie mix and well Adele was advertised as just that. After a very long application, phone interview, and confirmation that we were good humans we were approved for adoption. This took about 3 weeks. At which point we were super excited and ready to make the trip north to get our pooch. Alas after a vet visit it was determined she wasn't spayed and that we would have to wait another 2 weeks before she would be ready....basically a week before we moved to the farm. Anyways...after much anticipation we finally met and took her home the weekend before we moved and well it seems like she just has always belonged here.
I do not think she has any Bernese in her (but I don't really know for sure) she looks most like an English Shepherd but may just be a mut of colli/aussie/shepherd. Either way it doesn't really matter. The vet thinks she is between 1-2, so she is full of energy and has a few puppy-isms. She is super with the cats, they are more concerned with her than she is with them and she is good with the kids. She is great off the leash, doesn't exactly know what come or fetch means yet (she just sort of stands there...but doesn't run), is learning basic commands like a pro and an all around great first dog for our family.
Adele was not named after the super famous British singer but instead the town she was found in - Sainte Adele, Quebec. She was rescued from a high kill shelter by a Montreal based rescue league, fostered for about a month and a half, and then came to us. The circumstances under which she ended up in the high kill shelter weren't clear but from what we gathered she had been just picked up as a stray. Judging by her personality she must have been ditched because she does not leave our side. I tried my hardest to rename her Sorrel, but we were all pretty stuck on calling her Adele. And so Adele it is.
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