Dog Of The Week ~ "Gabby"

Dog Of The Week ~ Please Meet "Gabby"





Gabby at Prospect Park looking for Squirrels.

Gabby being curious as to why we are taking so many pictures of her and she ain't doing anyhting.

Gabby being excited when we go outside to play in the park.

Gabby at Play when we get home from work.

Gabby wanting to know why there is weird art on the streets of DUMBO now.

Gabby loving her car seat as she thinks she is a human sitting and observing. Gabby being a good girl, always wearing her seatbelt.

Gabby on one of her thrones overeeing her Kingdom.

Gabby is now resting after a long day playing and patrolling the streets of DUMBO looking for cats and squirrels.

We adopted Gabby from the ASPCA January 2, 2009.  She had been abandoned in an apartment and picked up by one of the city shelters till the ASPCA brought her over to their facility where she got her name Gabby.  After doing a counseling session with a Pit Bull who was unable to be left alone at home but also unable to socialize at all with other dogs at doggie daycare, we asked the counselor what other dogs they had that were available for adoption.  he said she had a shy lab mix named Gabby, and as soon as she brought her into the room, we knew she was the dog for us.  Due to kennel cough, she was not being shown yet, so we were lucky to be in the right place at the right time.  Extremely shy with lots of separation anxiety, after about 3 months, her true colors came out: she likes to be queen bee and likes to bark, thus Gabby truly ended up being a great name for her.

Gabby loves the cold chilly days of winter.  Nothing is more fun than rolling around on sheets of ice or running through the snow.  She looks forward to those big snows where there are no cars so she can be off leash for hours running around the streets of Dumbo.  She can’t run that fast at all; she for sure is the slowest dog in the dog run; however, whatever she lacks in speed she makes up for in strength – she is known to throw a few body checks like a defensive linemen since she can’t chase you down. 

Gabby goes by a few different names.  On walks, sometimes it is just Gabs.  And when she runs into a southern adopted transplant to the north, she goes by Gabby Sue.  If you hear a dog howling like a wolf in the neighborhood when a fire, ambulance or police siren speed by, it is probably Gabby.  We did a DNA test to try to figure out what she is.  Being a mut, it said she had 5 different things in her but nothing more than 20%. 

If you see Gabby, don’t be scared by her.  She likes to bark, and she likes to be the one to approach people and other dogs, but when addressed by name, Gabby’s tail is sure to wag in meeting a new friend.