Alex was abandoned by his owners. He has a wonderful temperament and will make an excellent pet.

Alex has only three legs, but you'd never know it. He is active, very friendly and gets along well with other dogs.  He tires fairly easily, especially in the heat.  He is neutered, on heartworm prevention, and is up to date on his vaccinations. He is a very shiny black brushcoat.  He is housebroken and crate trained, although he doesn't particularly like it. Alex loves to be close to his family - he lies on the floor at my feet while I'm on the computer, even though his couch is very close by. He is an excellent pet.

UPDATE 3/9/03: Alex has received three weeks of in-kennel professional training. He now knows all the basic commands - sit, down, leave it, wait and place. Thanks, Jennie, for teaching Alex to be a very smart boy.

UPDATE 4/28/03: Alex is in his new home in Virginia Beach and he is very happy there. Colin says he cried for the first couple hours, going to the door looking for my husband to come back, but he settled down after that and now is perfectly at home.  Thank you Colin, Casey and Cinnamon for giving Alex the safe, loving home he deserves. BTW Cinnamon is a three legged pei also, so she and Alex are a match made in heaven.

P.S. We found out that Alex lost his leg when his former owner backed over him in his pick up truck. Poor Alex. But he's where he deserves to be now and will never be mistreated again.

UPDATE 5/3/03: From Alex's new mom:

"I was just sitting watching Cinnamon and Alex rough housing in their own clumsy way, and I wanted to let you know how well he is doing.  You would think he had been with us all of his life he is so comfortable.  He and Cinnamon are getting on real well.  I have to watch them still as he plays a bit rough and she is very tiny, but a real 'tomboy'.  He takes her whole back into his mouth, and I am teaching him not to bite so hard.  When he plays with me and bites down on my hand, I hold his bottom jaw lightly, and he eases up.  He learns real fast, I think because he is so eager to please.  He is such a special dog.  He has the cutest habits for such a formidable looking boy.  He gets real silly.  Both of them are very vocal, and they lay nose to nose barking and talking for extended periods of time.  It is so cute.  For a woman that likes my solitude and quiet as much as I do, I don't mind hearing my pups barking in play...I like it.  He is so affectionate with both Colin and myself, and with Cinnamon.  He really LOVES Colin...took to him right away.  My guess is that he was real close to a man at some point in his life. 

I wanted to let you know personally how fortunate we feel to have the opportunity to add Alex to our family.  You can be assured that he has a 'forever' home.  How anyone could have ever allowed him to suffer so much..much less leave this sweet boy...is beyond my comprehension.  Thank you both for taking such good care of him until he found us."

UPDATE 6/1/05:

Over the last few months, Alex has had several bouts of not being able to walk due to the fact that his hip joint has totally detriorated. Last week, he had the most severe of these episodes. Cayce tried everything to get him back on his feet, but this time nothing worked. After many hours of soul searching, Cayce made the decision to end Alex's pain. He died today, 6/1/05. Cayce and Cinnamon, her other 3-legged pei, are devastated and having a terrible time dealing with the emptiness. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers to help them get through these troubled times.

5/2/07: Reminiscing from Alex's mom . . .

Yep!  He is definitely one of those dogs with so much personality and uniqueness that his presence stays with you.  Cinnamon and I 'talk' about him often.  When she pouts and won't eat...I tell her I am going to give it to Alex.  It works every time.  We pull out his masculine holiday garb and reminisce with pictures of him reluctantly being photographed in costume.  After every potty break, he would bound up on the deck and break into an exuberant display that ranged from giddy leaping into the air to sitting on his nub hip and spinning wildly.  This went on in the house as well, and Cinnamon loved it.  She would 'attack' his neck' and pin him down(as if she really could).....and he would indulge her without so much as a resisting wiggle.  He doted on her like I have never seen a dog dote on another dog.  It was so endearing, and they were such buds.  Whenever we see a similar sized black dog I ask her if that is Alex....and she always responds by looking at me intently at the mention of his name.  And some claim dogs don't have memory.  My dogs all have extensive vocabularies that they remember even when only used seasonally.  For instance, about now, we start "looking for the Mama Duck" to see where in the courtyard she will be raising her family-with Cinni's help, of course.  Every spring, as soon as I first utter the words, Cinni heads for the courtyard from wherever we may be.  Pups are SO AMAZING.  I watched a PBS show the other night documenting just how critical they have been in the development of mankind.    More than any dog that it has been my pleasure to know, Alex was definitely in touch with his 'inner puppy'...in spite of all that he had endured.  Cayce