Entrant's First Name
Gordon

Animal Bio
Already having two dogs, Koko, a Bichon Frise/Shihtzu cross and [Kola], a Maltese/Yorkie Cross, the last thing I ever thought I would do was to get another dog.

Going over to give a donation to the BC SPCA, I spotted little senior Tiko, a Lhasa Apso. The chart indicated he was 14 years old and that was the life expectancy of that breed. I wondered who would pay an adoption fee for an animal who might only last one year with so many others to choose from. Plus, he had health problems like bad teeth (four just removed), cataracts, and a stage four heart murmur.
I just could not leave him there. He needed a calm, quiet home, preferably one with a multi-dog environment. That was me; that was my place.
He has settled in just fine and now is 16 years of age, has a brother, Koko, age 14, and a sister Kola (also from the BC SPCA), 13 years old. And, he has found his favourite sleeping places on the sofa, chair, and on my bed with the other two dogs.

Being called Tiko all thirteen years of his life, I could not change his name but altered it to Ko Tiko.